Motorsport news - Qatar WorldSBK round cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak

ByEurosport

Published 03/03/2020 at 13:15 GMT

The Qatar round of the WorldSBK season has been cancelled because of travel restrictions on passengers from Italy and elsewhere due to the coronavirus epidemic, WorldSBK said on Sunday.

Qatar round of World Superbike (WorldSBK.com)

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The race was scheduled for the Losail circuit on March 14 at the Losail International Circuit.

“The FIM and Dorna WSBK Organization regret to announce that the Lauretana Water Qatar Round of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship is to be postponed until further notice,” read a statement from WorldSBK.

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"As the global coronavirus outbreak continues, travel restrictions to Qatar have been enforced, primarily affecting passengers from Italy, amongst others. People arriving directly from the country or who have been in Italy in the past two weeks will be taken directly to quarantine for a minimum of 14 days.

Italian participation in WorldSBK – both on track and off – is vital, thus the decision has been taken to postpone the Lauretana Water Qatar Round until further notice.

"Further updates will be published in due course."

The decision follows a similar decision from MotoGP.

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