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Revisions to the MotoGP World Championship testing restrictions have been revealed for the 2019 season, where teams have agreed to a reduction of permitted test days for contracted riders.

The policy is a reaction to the increased number of races in the calendar, but also seeks to reduce costs and the workload of team and technical supplier staff.

The first agreement was to eliminate one of the three-day winter tests outside of Europe, although teams have now agreed to further reductions that will become effective in the 2018/2019 season.

The Grand Prix Commission has approved regulation changes incorporating the proposals from the teams. The practical effect on the 2018/2019 testing programme is that maximum testing with contracted riders in teams not benefiting from concessions will be:
– Two-day official test in Valencia following the final GP of 2018.
– Two-day official test at Jerez in late November 2018.
– Three-day official test at Sepang in early February 2019.
– Three-day official test at Losail approximately two weeks before the 2019 Grand prix at that
circuit.
– Three, one-day official tests on Mondays after 2019 events. Venues to be confirmed after
publication of the calendar
– One, two-day official test at a circuit in Europe during the season (as per existing rules this test may not be within 14 days prior to the event at the same circuit and not during the test ban period).