In a Safety Commission meeting attended by Marc Marquez, Andrea Iannone, Pol Espargaro, Jack Miller, Bradley Smith, Alvaro Bautista, Aleix Espargaro, Andrea Dovizioso, Tito Rabat and Cal Crutchlow, it was agreed to change the configuration of the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit to race for the remainder of the event on the F1 track configuration.
This layout was tested two years ago in an official MotoGP™ Test - back then this configuration wasn't elected for use in Grand Prix racing.
As riders will have to deal with a new track configuration, practice time will be extended with a new schedule for Saturday.
Updated schedule:
Saturday
08:40-09:35 - 55 min. - Moto3™ Free Practice 3
09:50-10:50 - 60 min. - MotoGP™ Free Practice 3
11:05-12:05 - 60 min. - Moto2™ Free Practice 3
12:35-13:15 - 40 min. - Moto3™ Qualifying
13:30-14:00 - 30 min. - MotoGP™ Free Practice 4
14:10-14:25 - 15 min. - MotoGP™ Qualifying 1
14:35-14:50 - 15 min. - MotoGP™ Qualifying 2
15:05-15:50 - 45 min. - Moto2™ Qualifying
Sunday
08:40-09:00 - 20 min. - Moto3™ Warm Up
09:10-09:30 - 20 min. - Moto2™ Warm Up
09:40-10:00 - 20 min. - MotoGP™ Warm Up
11:00 - Moto3™ Race (22 laps)
12:20 - Moto2™ Race (23 laps)
14:00 - MotoGP™ Race (25 laps)