MotoGP is set to stage its longest calendar ever this season, as the addition of the returning Indonesian and Finnish Grands Prix – last hosted in 1997 and 1981 respectively – brings the number of races to 21.
This is despite the COVID-19 outbreak of 2020 still being designated as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, though travelling has become slightly easier for the paddock, which completed pre-season testing in Malaysia and Indonesia in February.
During the Mandalika test in Indonesia last weekend, a number of paddock personnel tested positive for COVID-19, with some ending up stuck in isolation in the country.
Though the entire MotoGP grid has had the vaccine (including Johann Zarco, who has previously expressed scepticism to the jab) the emergence of the Omicron variant has driven re-infections worldwide – albeit those who are fully vaccinated experiencing less severe symptoms or none at all.
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