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The Finnish grand prix at Kymiring is set to join the MotoGP World Championship calendar from 2019, with the first event of a five-year contract set to bring the premier motorcycle series back to the country.

The date of the venue’s inclusion was confirmed at a press conference at Helsinki Music House this week, where a host of media representatives and key personnel in the project attended for the announcement.

Kymiring motorsports complex in Iitti is currently under construction as it prepares to host the return of the Finnish grand prix, with considerable economic impact expected in southern Finland as a result of hosting MotoGP.

Around 100,000 spectators are anticipated at the event, with the circuit in a strategic location as the only track of its kind in northern Europe, making it a neat addition to the MotoGP calendar.

Dorna Sports’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta, promotor of the MotoGP championship, commented on the addition of the Finnish venue to the series, expressing his pleasure in announcing the new agreement.

“It’s a big pleasure to announce the agreement we have with Kymiring and the works are now underway,” said Ezpeleta. “We will propose to the FIM to have Finland on the MotoGP calendar for 2019. This is a great day as it’s so many years since the Imatra GP here in Finland and we are very proud to announce this new venue.

“Finland has been a traditional place for motorsport – it has had number of fantastic riders in MotoGP in the past. I remember Jarno Saarinen and recently Mika Kallio, and many other people have raced. Finnish people understand motorsport very well and I think Kymiring will be hosting incredible events in the future. The layout of the circuit is very nice, it’s fast and it’s safe, and we’re very happy to announce this today.”

The 2017 MotoGP championship returns to action this weekend in the Czech Republic after a month-long summer break.