Qatar handed MotoGP date

Qatar will hold its first-ever motorcycle grand prix next year after being named on the provisional 2004 calendar.

Sun, 17 Aug, 2003 - 12:21

Qatar will hold its first-ever motorcycle grand prix next year after being named on the provisional 2004 calendar.

The Gulf state has already been pencilled in to hold a World Superbike Championship round at the new facility near the capital Doha in 2005, but MotoGP chiefs have now confirmed they will visit Qatar a season earlier.

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