THE provisional calendar for next year’s MotoGP World Championship has been released. 

The calendar was released this morning as the 13th round of the 2015 MotoGP World Championship begins, but it is still only provisional and is subject to change. 

There have been minimal changes up to now, but Indianapolis has been replaced.

In comparison to the 2015 calendar, 2016 sees the addition of Austria’s Red Bull Ring in August in place of Indianapolis.

The British Grand Prix has moved to 17th July, but it will remain at Silverstone. The movement of the British Grand Prix allows British Superbikes to move Cadwell Park back to the August Bank Holiday.

The usual season opener is at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar whilst Valencia continues to end the season in November.

The provisional 2016 MotoGP calendar is as follows:

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Venue
1	20th March	Qatar	Losail International Circuit
2	3rd April	Argentina	Termas de Río Hondo
3	10th April	Americas	Circuit Of The Americas
4	24th April	Spain	Jerez de la Frontera *
5	8th May	France	Le Mans
6	22nd May	Italy	Mugello
7	5th June	Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
8	26th June	Netherlands	TT Assen
9	10th July	Germany	Sachsenring
10	17th July	Great Britain	Silverstone
11	14th August	Austria	Red Bull Ring
12	21st August	Czech Republic	Brno *
13	11th September	San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini	Misano
14	25th September	Aragon	MotorLand Aragon
15	9th October	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit
16	16th October	Japan	Twin Ring Motegi
17	23rd October	Australia	Phillip Island
18	6th November	Valencia	Comunitat Valenciana – Ricardo Tormo

* Subject to contract