The cargo the team has been waiting for MotoGP finally arrived in the province of San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, and was immediately sent to the Termas de Rio Hondo Circuit.
Cargo carrying important materials for participating teams MotoGP Argentina had arrived and were immediately packed into 10 trucks that were immediately leaving for the circuit.
As quoted from New dairythe cargo arrived on Friday (1/4) at 10 pm local time or Saturday (2/4) around 08.00 western Indonesian time.
Cargo delays made the Argentina MotoGP schedule change. Free practice, which is normally held on Fridays, has been cancelled. The drivers are scheduled for free practice and qualifying on Saturday.
A Boeing 747-222B cargo plane leased by Dorna Sports flew from Mombasa, Kenya.
As many as 17 Argentina 2022 MotoGP teams have not received cargo until the start of the first free practice (FP1), Saturday (2/4), including the Lenovo Ducati team, Mooney VR46, Gresini Racing, Monster Yamaha, WithU RNF Yamaha, Tech3 KTM, and Suzuki.
The delay in the MotoGP cargo was caused because one of the planes had problems in Mombasa. The plane that had problems in Mombasa, Kenya, was originally scheduled to return to Lombok to pick up the remaining cargo.
Dorna then decided to send one of the planes that had arrived in Argentina to pick up the remaining cargo in Lombok. But again the plane had problems upon arrival in Mombasa.
Dorna’s CEO, Carmelo Ezpeleta, said the Russia-Ukraine war had an effect. The reason is that 20 percent of cargo aircraft companies from Russia are subject to sanctions.
Dorna then decided to wait until their chartered plane was repaired in Mombasa.
Live streaming MotoGP Argentina can be watched via CNNIndonesia.com and live broadcast on Trans7.
(nva / har)
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