The provisional calendar for the 2018 MotoGP season has been announced, and as we've reported before, Thailand is the round that will be added to the schedule.
The 2018 season will start one week earlier, in Qatar, and start a little earlier in the day to avoid the dew that forms on the track once the ambient temperature falls. Thailand will start the flyaway rounds, but instead of the expected 2+2 format, there will be a fortnight's break after the race at the Buriram Circuit, then the Japanese, Australian and Malaysian GPs will be held on back to back weekends. Sepang's new deal with Dorna makes it the penultimate round of the season, before things wrap in Valencia, as always. The entire season with dates is listed below:
| Round | Event | Circuit | Race Day |
| 1 | QATAR GP | Losail International Circuit | 18th MARCH |
| 2 | ARGENTINA GP | Termas de Rio Hondo | 08th APRIL |
| 3 | AMERICAS GP | Circuit of the Americas | 22nd APRIL |
| 4 | SPANISH GP | Circuito de Jerez | 06th MAY |
| 5 | FRENCH GP | Le Mans | 20th MAY |
| 6 | ITALIAN GP | Autodromo di Mugello | 03rd JUNE |
| 7 | CATALUNYA GP | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 17th JUNE |
| 8 | DUTCH GP TT | Circuit Assen | 01st JULY |
| 9 | GERMAN GP | Sachsenring | 15th JULY |
| 10 | CZECH GP | Automotodrom Brno | 05th AUGUST |
| 11 | AUSTRIAN GP | Red Bull Ring - Spielberg | 12th AUGUST |
| 12 | BRITISH GP | Circuit to be announced | 26th AUGUST |
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13 |
SAN MARINO GP | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | 09th SEPTEMBER |
| 14 | ARAGON GP | MotorLand Aragon | 23rd SEPTEMBER |
| 15 | THAI GP | Chang International Circuit | 07th OCTOBER |
| 16 | JAPANESE GP | Twin Ring Motegi | 21st OCTOBER |
| 17 | AUSTRALIAN GP | Phillip Island Circuit | 28th OCTOBER |
| 18 | MALAYSIAN GP | Sepang International Circuit | 04th NOVEMBER |
| 19 | VALENCIA GP | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | 18th NOVEMBER |
