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October date for Aus GP in record 2024 MotoGP calendar

By Thomas Miles

Date posted: 28 September 2023

The Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix will retain its traditional October date as part of a record MotoGP calendar in 2024.

There will be 22 stops next year, which breaks the record for the most races in a single season which was 21 this year.

For the 35th anniversary of the first Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island, the race will be held from October 18-20 2024.

The very first time the premier class went racing at the seaside venue was like a dream as home hero Wayne Gardner won in front of a rapturous crowd in 1989.

The date for the race arrives less than a month before the 2023 Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix arrives on October 20-22 where KTM’s Jack Miller hopes to put on a show for the home fans.

A big crowd came out to watch home favourite Jack Miller at Phillip Island last year, but his race only lasted nine laps after a heartbreaking crash. Photo by Gold and Goose / LAT Images)

Australian Grand Prix Corporation CEO Travis Auld said the announcement adds to the excitement building for next month’s race.

“It’s an exciting moment to confirm dates for 2024, giving fans plenty of time to plan their visit to the wonderful Phillip Island next year,” he said.

“The Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix brings an influx of economic benefit to the Bass Coast region and we are thrilled to lock in these dates for accommodation and hospitality providers in the area to begin planning ahead of 2024.

“We are just a few weeks out from the 2023 race and there is still limited tickets available to command see the fastest riders in the world at the Island.”

Before MotoGP makes the annual trip to Phillip Island, the 2024 season will begin on March 10 at a familiar home in Qatar.

The Qatar Grand Prix returns as the MotoGP curtain raiser next year. Photo by Gold and Goose/ LAT Images)

The Lusail Circuit hosted the season opener from 2007 to 2022, but was moved to November this year due to track updates.

From there the season heads to Portugal before an American double header in Argentina and Texas followed by a string of traditional European favourites including four races in Spain.

The European run is interrupted by a second crack at staging the inaugural Kazakhstan Grand Prix.

MotoGP tried to host the race at the Sokol Circuit in July, but cancelled the event due to the track not being ready.

The Dutch TT and German Grand Prix take place immediacy before a three-week summer break which concludes with the British Grand Prix on August 4.

The Aragon Grand Prix makes a comeback. Casey Stoner pictured in 2011.

The Aragon Grand Prix returns on September 1, while India is retained and will forms the first leg of a triple header with Indonesia and Japan.

After a week off Australia marks the start of another hat-trick of races followed by Thailand and Malaysia.

Riders will get a week’s respite before the season will conclude at the familiar finale at Valencia.

The new Balafon Park in Hungary has been added as a reserve, while pre-season testing begins in Malaysia on February 6-8.

Two more days in Qatar will take place just under a month before the first race of the season.

Unfortunately for two and four wheel fans, Qatar, Portugal, Argentina, Catalunya, Assen, Germany, Aragon, India, Australia, Thailand and Malaysia all clash with Formula 1 Grands Prix.

2024 MotoGP calendar

10 March – Qatar GP

24 March – Portugal GP

07 April – Argentina GP

14 April – Americas GP

28 April – Spanish GP

12 May – French GP

26 May – Catalan GP

2 June – Italian GP

16 June – Kazakhstan GP

30 June – Dutch GP

7 July – German GP

4 August – British GP

18 August – Austrian GP

1 September – Aragon GP

8 September – San Marino GP

22 September – India GP

29 September – Indonesia GP

6 October – Japanese GP

20 October – Australian GP

27 October – Thailand GP

3 November – Malaysian GP

17 November – Valencia GP

Photo by Gold and Goose / LAT Images

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