{"id":820970,"date":"2026-11-01T18:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T18:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/820970\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T18:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T18:20:15","slug":"qatar-motogp-yamaha-withdraw-from-race-could-there-be-implications-for-formula-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/820970\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar MotoGP: Yamaha withdraw from race &#8211; could there be implications for Formula 1?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Yamaha said it has &#8220;not identified sufficient grounds to change its existing company-wide travel restrictions&#8221; on travelling to the Middle East, with the Japanese government advising its citizens against non-essential travel to the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">MotoGP said it is &#8220;disappointed&#8221; by Yamaha&#8217;s decision, which it says does not reflect the &#8220;extensive assurances&#8221; it has been given by Qatar and independent safety advisors that the race can go ahead. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Qatar has said it can guarantee teams would not be stranded in case of any escalation in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">How Israel resolves its political deadlock following recent elections and the results of Tuesday&#8217;s US midterms could have significant impacts on the situation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">MotoGP added there will be &#8220;sporting implications&#8221; for Yamaha&#8217;s withdrawal. Fellow Japanese outfit Honda and Yamaha&#8217;s satellite team Pramac Racing are currently set to compete in Qatar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yamaha said it has &#8220;not identified sufficient grounds to change its existing company-wide travel restrictions&#8221; on travelling to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-820970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gb","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}