MotoGP has announced revised testing restrictions that will come into effect from the end of the 2018 season. It had already planned to cut its pre-season programme from three to two tests, and has now removed the previous allowance of five private test days per factory rider. Instead there will be two additional two-day group tests in Europe, one at Jerez at the end of November 2018 - a slot that had regularly been used for private tests - and another at a venue to be decided during the '19 season. "MotoGP class teams and factories had previously agreed to a reduction in the number of testing days permitted for contracted riders," said a statement from motorcycle racing's...
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