Jerez Floods Will Not Impact Spanish MotoGP
The Spanish MotoGP at Jerez next month will not be impacted by the heavy floods this week
The Jerez circuit has confirmed that the 2025 Spanish MotoGP is not in danger of being postponed or moved to a later date due to the heavy floods earlier this week.
As can be seen below, the floods appear to be extensive and have left parts of the circuit completely drowned out.
Initially the floods were not considered to have caused serious damage to the circuit, however, the worst-affected area of the track is the run-off zone at the final corner, which will now need to be resurfaced although the curve itself is undamaged.
The cleanup process is not expected to take a long time to complete which means the Spanish MotoGP at Jerez, scheduled to go ahead on 25-27 April, is not at risk of being moved.
“Despite the damages suffered after yesterday's storm, the Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto guarantees the celebration of the Spanish MotoGP Grand Prix,” a statement posted on Instagram read.
“After the passage of an intense storm yesterday afternoon that caused numerous incidents in the rural area near the Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto, as well as in the circuit itself, work has begun today on the preparation of the facilities to resume the activity as soon as possible.
“Since early in the morning, the circuit operators have been carrying out cleaning works that will last for several days.
“For the fans' peace of mind, the Circuito de Jerez guarantees that these works, which are being carried out today, guarantee that the Spanish Grand Prix will be held as scheduled from April 25th to 27th, and only the activity closer to these days will be affected by these cleaning and damage repair works.”
It was thought that the next event scheduled at the Jerez circuit, which is the Spanish Superbike Championship in less than two weeks, would still go ahead although this is now unclear.
Flooding in the Andalusian region comes just a few months after the Valencia circuit fell victim to similar issues. On that occasion the entry to the circuit was impacted the most which led to the season-finale being moved to Barcelona.
However, it wasn’t just the circuit that was damaged as hundreds of people lost their lives, while infrastructures were heavily damaged as were roads surrounding the Ricardo Tormo circuit.
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