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The cancellation of Friday practice for the Argentina MotoGP combined with a negative Covid test means Takaaki Nakagami could yet take part in this weekend's Termas de Rio Hondo round.

Takaaki Nakagami tests positive for Covid-19 and will be forced to miss this weekend's MotoGP round at Termas de Rio Hondo.

Formula 1 is set to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all personnel in the paddock for the 2022 season.

Covid restrictions mean fan numbers for the opening World Superbike and MotoGP events at Indonesia's Mandalika circuit are likely to be limited to around 15% of the maximum capacity.

Misano becomes latest venue to confirm the return of MotoGP spectators in significant numbers.

Joan Mir's Suzuki MotoGP crew chief Frankie Carchedi forced to miss the Portimao MotoGP round due to Covid.

Le Mans is now preparing for a closed-door 2021 French MotoGP event, in May.

Suzuki is the only complete MotoGP team to remain in Qatar until the end of round two; 'When I was told that we are the only team to stay in Qatar, including the riders, I thought: ‘wow, I should be proud of my people’'

MotoGP riders explain their reasons for acception Qatar's offer of Covid vaccinations.

Qatar offers Covid-19 vaccines to the MotoGP paddock.

MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini has died in hospital following a lengthy battle against Covid-related complications.

'HRC would like to thank Fausto for his years of collaboration as a rider, a team owner, a partner and as a competitor.'

- In an interview with Akira Nishimura published by Motomatters.com , HRC General Manager Tetsuhiro Kuwata and RC213V development leader Takehiro Koyasu analyse the factory's least successful season of the four-stroke MotoGP era.

The latest official update on the condition of MotoGP team principal Fausto Gresini paints a worrying picture, with his 'clinical picture critical' after 'complications'.

Tech3 team boss and IRTA president Herve Poncharal is confident that the planned MotoGP season-openers in Qatar and following European events can take place as planned.

Dorna has announced that the Dutch round of the 2021 World Superbike Championship, scheduled for Assen in April, has been postponed until July 23-25.

New factory Yamaha MotoGP team rider Fabio Quartararo has revealed he contracted Covid in December.

Fausto Gresini's ongoing battle against 'severe respiratory failure due to the complications of Covid' has seen the MotoGP team manager overcome a 'complicated' week and return to a more 'stable' condition.

After dislocating and fracturing his right shoulder at round one, Alex Rins returned to action at Jerez the following weekend and braved the pain for the reminder of the 2020 MotoGP season.

UPDATE (February 3): Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has told Thomas Baujard of Moto Journal : "There was a communication error: The 2021 Thailand GP remains in place."

The Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno, first held in 1965 and a fixture on the MotoGP calendar for all but one season since 1987, will not take place in 2021.

MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini is continuing to make slow progress in his recovery from Covid-related respiratory problems.

MotoGP team owner and 125cc world champion Fausto Gresini spent his 60th birthday in the intensive care unit of the Maggiore Carlo Alberto Pizzardi Bologna hospital on Saturday, where he has been battling serious respiratory problems caused by Covid-19 for almost a month.

Dr Nicola Cilloni, overseeing the treatment of MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini, says that the 59-year-old 's condition is 'still serious' with his lungs 'hit hard by the disease [Covid] and an overlapping infection'.