Moto Gp: Texas to host championship from 2013

AUSTIN: The new Circuit of Texas will host a round of the Moto GP world championship from 2013. The track is due to be completed in June of next year in time to host Formula One’s return to the US later the same season. Moto GP already has two rounds in America, the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca and the Indianapolis Grand Prix. The popularity of the sport has increased in the US in recent years with 2006 world champion Nicky Hayden and Texan Ben Spies among the current field. The deal will see Austin host Moto GP for the next 10 years.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 4^th, 2011.