The World MotoGP Championship was going to inaugurate a new circuit later on this year: the Balatonring, and to be exact on 20th September 2009. However, the Hungarian GP has been suspended after work at the circuit fell a long way behind schedule. The organisers of the World MotoGP Championship have taken this decision after a request was made by the company promoting the GP to suspend it.
Balatonring Zrt., the organisers of this year`s race in Hungary, has explained that the bad weather experienced in the zone as well as the worldwide recession have made it very difficult to make progress with the building work. This setback does not however put the relationship between the two parties in peril as they are going ahead with the project to organise a World MotoGP Championship race in Hungary.
The building work will carry on but the next date in its calendar is the inauguration of the circuit with a MotoGP race in 2010. The agreement between Balatonring and Dorna Sports (the company that organises the World Championship) has a duration of five years.
The suspension of the race in Hungary and its removal from this year`s calendar will not alter any of the other race dates. The FIA has also decided not to replace it with another GP race and so this year`s definitive calendar contains a total of 17 races.
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