The rumors of recent hours have been confirmed: the Indian GP will once again be absent from the MotoGP calendar next season, with a return scheduled only for 2026.
The FIM, IRTA, and Dorna issued a statement clarifying that ‘operational circumstances have obliged the event to be delayed from its initial slot near the start of the 2025 calendar’.
As there are no available dates for the GP of India to take place later in the next year, the event will only return in 2026 during the early phase of the season. However, it will remain as a reserve GP in 2025.
The Buddh International Circuit made its debut on the calendar last year in September, but high temperatures made the event very challenging – something that is expected to improve in the earlier months of the year.
After the former promoter, Fairstreet, failed to meet the requirements for 2024, Dorna signed a contract with a new promoter for the GP of India – InvestUP, an investment agency of the Uttar Pradesh government (the region where the circuit is located).