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The provisional 2016 MotoGP World Championship calendar has been released, with the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix moved to the penultimate round of the season.

Next year will see Phillip Island’s stop on the schedule take place on 21-23 October as round 17, one week later than its current date on the schedule as last of the flyaway races.

Major news is that Indianapolis Motor Speedway is off the calendar for the first time since 2008, with the series instead visiting the Red Bull Ring in Austria mid-August.

Provisional 2016 MotoGP World Championship calendar:
Rd1 – 20 March – Losail, Qatar
Rd2 – 3 April – Termas de Río Hondo, Argentina
Rd3 – 10 April – Circuit of The Americas, United States
Rd4 – 24 April – Jerez, Spain
Rd5 – 8 May – Le Mans, France
Rd6 – 22 May – Mugello, Italy
Rd7 – 5 June – Catalunya, Spain
Rd8 – 26 June – Assen, Netherlands
Rd9 – 10 July – Sachsenring, Germany
Rd10 – 17 July – Silverstone, Great Britain
Rd11 – 14 August – Red Bull Ring, Austria
Rd12 – 21 August – Brno, Czech Republic
Rd13 – 11 September – Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, San Marino
Rd14 – 25 September – Motorland Aragon, Spain
Rd15 – 9 October – Sepang, Malaysia
Rd16 – 16 October – Motegi, Japan
Rd17 – 23 October – Phillip Island, Australia
Rd18 – 6 November – Valencia, Spain