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The announcement of the MotoGP test dates in the middle of last week have given a hint of how the 2019 MotoGP calendar is to take shape.

The official announcement is not expected for another month or so – Dorna are still waiting for the F1 calendar to be published, to try to avoid direct clashes with the premier car racing series.

The F1 calendar will not have the same influence as it had in previous years, however: since new owners Liberty took over the series, they have moved the start time of F1 races to 3:10pm Central European Time, some 10 minutes after MotoGP has finished the podium ceremony.

The MotoGP test schedule sees three official tests taking place over the winter, though one of them is before the official winter break. The MotoGP field will be at Jerez on the 28th and 29th November for the first official test.

This basically converts the previous private test, which most teams attended, into an official one, forcing all of the teams to take the track together, and to an extent, improving the coverage of the test.

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Motorcycle couriers in Mexico City are doing booming business with the recent outbreak of Swine Flu. With over 20 million residents in the Mexico City metropolitan area, many of whom too afraid to venture outside with the outbreak, there has been an increased demand of residents turning to motorcycle couriers to fetch for them their daily necessities. One firm is doing so well that they’re advertising for ‘brave and willing’ riders to keep up with demand. It just goes to show you that the end of the world will be a little bit more like Resident Evil 3, with motorcycles being the preferred mode of transportation, than Mad Max. We will miss the Thunderdome though.

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