The Argentina GP at Termas de Rio Honda was meant to represent the third round of the 2024 MotoGP season. However, on 31 January it was officially cancelled by series promoter Dorna Sports.
Due to harsh government spending cuts imposed by Argentina’s new president Javier Milei, the grand prix – which receives considerable public funding – could not be staged.
This is the third time in recent years that the Argentina GP has been scrubbed from the MotoGP schedule.
In 2020, the race was forced off the calendar due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and could not be staged in 2021 due to the ongoing travel restrictions in place because of the virus.
The only race to be staged outside of Europe in 2021 was the Americas Grand Prix in Texas, which was held in October of that year.
The 2021 Argentina GP would likely have faced trouble even without the COVID pandemic, however, as a major fire wrecked the pit complex building early that year.