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Turkey dropped from 2008 calendar

The Turkish Grand Prix has been dropped from the next year's MotoGP calendar, as widely expected

The 2008 provisional calendar of the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix, announced today by the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme, sees the Portugal race moving up from its September slot to take the place of Turkey in April.

The Istanbul Park venue was taken over by Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone last April, followed by Dorna chairman Carmelo Ezpeleta saying that no decision was taken about its inclusion in the 2008 calendar.

The recently announced Indianapolis Grand Prix will take the vacant slot left by the Estoril race with a September 14 date, meaning that there will again be 18 races next year.

The Netherlands Grand Prix at Assen will again take place on a Saturday, while the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca will again exclude the 125cc and 250cc classes.

Dates         Grand Prix       Circuit
March 9       Qatar            Doha/Losail    
March 30      Spain            Jerez de la Frontera   
April 20      Portugal         Estoril
May 4         China            Shanghai       
May 18        France           Le Mans        
June 1        Italy            Mugello
June 8        Catalunya        Montmelo       
June 22       Great Britain    Donington Park 
June 28 **    Netherlands      Assen  
July 13       Germany          Sachsenring    
July 20       United States *  Laguna Seca    
August 17     Czech Republic   Brno   
August 31     San Marino       Misano 
September 14  Indianapolis     Indianapolis   
September 28  Australia        Phillip Island 
October 5     Japan            Motegi 
October 19    Malaysia         Sepang 
November 2    Valencia         Ricardo Tormo - Valencia       

*: Only MotoGP class
**: Saturday

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