INDIANAPOLIS, Monday, July 23, 2007 – The inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis GP on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be the 14th of 18 races on the 2008 provisional MotoGP
schedule, released by the FIM.
With just four races on the 2008 schedule after the Red Bull Indianapolis GP, the inaugural MotoGP event on the 2.601-mile motorcycle road course at IMS should play a crucial role in the season
championship.
The Red Bull Indianapolis GP comes in the middle of a three-race stretch in which the world’s top motorcycle series will travel the globe. The San Marino Grand Prix at the Misano circuit in Italy precedes the Red Bull Indianapolis GP, on Aug. 31, and the Australian Grand Prix on Sept.
28 at the Phillip Island circuit follows the race at Indy.
The 2008 season starts March 9 at Qatar and ends Nov. 2 at Valencia, in
Spain.
Spain, Italy and the United States are nations with two or more events
on the schedule.
Spain plays host to the Spanish Grand Prix on March 30, the Catalunya Grand Prix on June 8 and the Valencia Grand Prix on Nov. 2. The Italian
Grand Prix is on June 1, with the San Marino Grand Prix on Aug. 31.
The United States Grand Prix is July 20 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in
Monterey, Calif.
2008 PROVISIONAL MotoGP SCHEDULE Date Grand Prix Circuit March 9 Qatar Doha/Losail March 30 Spain Jerez de la Frontera April 20 Portugal Estoril May 4 China Shanghai May 18 France Le Mans June 1 Italy Mugello June 8 Catalunya Montmelo (Spain) June 22 Great Britain Donington Park June 28 Netherlands Assen July 13 Germany Sachsenring
July 20 United States Laguna Seca
Aug. 17 Czech Republic Brno Aug. 31 San Marino Misano (Italy)
Sept. 14 Red Bull Indianapolis GP Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Sept. 28 Australia Phillip Island Oct. 5 Japan Motegi Oct. 19 Malaysia Sepang
Nov. 2 Valencia Ricardo Tormo-Valencia (Spain)
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Red Bull Indianapolis GP tickets: Ticket orders are being accepted now
for the inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis GP on Sept. 14, 2008.
Orders can be placed either online at www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com or by mailing an order form to IMS. The order form is available at the IMS Web site or by calling the IMS Ticket Office at (800) 822-INDY
outside the Indianapolis area or (317) 492-6700 locally.
Ticket Office hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
All tickets for this event are three-day tickets, with both reserved and general admission seating available. Ticket orders will be fulfilled at
a later date.
