The last Grand Prix of the season will be the occasion for many exceptional activities before the paddock separates to reconstitute itself next year at Losail.
This will start on Thursday at 15:30 p.m., with the photo of the 9 winners of the season in the MotoGP category (first delayed due to Andrea Iannone's injury). The evil spirits will not fail to point out that if Aleix Espargaro wins next Sunday, it will have to be started again later...
Still Thursday, but at 16:00 p.m., there will be a Michelin press conference, with Nicolas Goubert and Piero Taramasso.
At 17:00 p.m., the traditional pre-event press conference, with Marc Marquez (SPA-Honda), Valentino Rossi (ITA-Yamaha), Jorge Lorenzo (SPA-Yamaha), Andrea Dovizioso (ITA-Ducati), Dani Pedrosa (TBC) (SPA-Honda) and Hector Barbera (SPA- Ducati), just after Loris Capirossi's number 65 is officially retired.
On Friday at 11:45 a.m. there will be a ceremony celebrating 25 years of collaboration between the FIM, Dorna, MSMA and IRTA.
Half an hour later there will be a manufacturers' press conference, with Livio Suppo (Repsol Honda Team Principal), Paolo Ciabatti (Ducati MotoGP Project Director), Lin Jarvis (Yamaha Motor Racing Managing Director), Davide Brivio (Suzuki Team Manager) and Romano Albesiano (Aprilia Racing Manager).
Saturday will only see the delivery of the BMW M2 to Marc Marquez at 16:15 p.m., and the day will end with the post-qualifying press conference at 17:00 p.m.
Finally, on Sunday at 10:05 a.m., a lap of honor will bring together the 2016 world champions with some of their predecessors.
The traditional ones press conferences will start immediately after each race, except for MotoGP where the time is set at 17:00 p.m. to allow time for journalists to go to private conferences, as well as for photographers to do the end of year photo, at 15h10.
At 21:00 p.m., a closing party FIM MotoGP Awards will be held in the city of Valencia itself, while drivers and mechanics generally meet at the IRTA evening, later that night...
We understand that with such busy hours, MotoGP test starts only after a rest day on Monday...
