FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Change to the 2011 calendar Japanese Grand Prix Due to reasons of force majeure, the Japanese Grand Prix, at the circuit of Twin Ring Motegi, originally scheduled on April 24, has been postponed to 2 October 2011. The calendar is the following: Dates Grand Prix Circuit March 20 Qatar* Doha/Losail April 3 Spain Jerez de la Frontera May 1 Portugal Estoril May 15 France Le Mans June 5 Catalunya Catalunya June 12 Great Britain Silverstone June 25 Netherlands** Assen July 3 Italy Mugello July 17 Germany Sachsenring July 24 United States*** Laguna Seca August 14 Czech Republic Brno August 28 Indianapolis Indianapolis September 4 San Marino & Riviera di Rimini Misano September 18 Aragon Motorland Aragon October 2 Japan Motegi October 16 Australia Phillip Island October 23 Malaysia Sepang November 6 Valencia Ricardo Tormo Valencia * Evening Race ** Saturday Race *** Only MotoGP class More, from a press release issued by Rizla Suzuki: Japanese Grand Prix postponed due to tragic events Publish Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 The Japanese Grand Prix scheduled for Sunday 24th April has been postponed in light of the earthquake and Tsunami that struck the country last Friday. Following a request to Dorna and the FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) from the promoters of the Japanese Grand Prix, it has been decided to postpone the race until later in the season. The race will now take place on Sunday 2nd October, two weeks after the Aragon GP and a fortnight before the Australian GP. This is the second year in succession that the Japanese Grand Prix has had to be re-arranged due to natural disasters, after the 2010 event was cancelled from its original date due to the Icelandic volcano that erupted and caused flight cancellations due to the ash cloud. Rizla Suzuki would like to send its deepest sympathy to everyone in Japan during this time of great sorrow and hopes the country and people make a full recovery from such a huge disaster.