The saga regarding pushing the Phillip Island calendar date earlier in the season is continuing.

While the 2011 date is set in stone, Dorna’s Carmelo Ezpeleta has said that the Australian round will not take place after 2011, unless it is moved away from its current October date, to earlier in the year, despite circuit organizers stating that their contract is for races to be held in September or October until 2016, and that Australian fans have nothing to worry about and that they will continue to get their MotoGP fix.

While the riders have repeatedly complained about the poor weather conditions that they have recently found at the Island during the October dates, the saga earnestly began after last year’s race. Australian Grand Prix corporation chairman Ron Walker has been working with Dorna in finding a solution but Ezpeleta seems pretty adamant on what he wants.

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