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Coronavirus has caused additional delays to the 2020 MXGP World Championship as anticipated, the FIM and Infront Moto Racing has confirmed.

The MXGP of Russia, which was originally scheduled for 7 June at Orlyonok, is now due to be hosted on 5 July.

Meanwhile, the MXGP of Latvia has been moved from 14 June to 12 July at Kegums. As a result, the Italian round at Maggiora will shift from 5 July to 19 July. The MXGP of Trentino will be postponed to 4 October.

Additionally, a recent announcement by the French government also means that the MXGP of France scheduled for 28 June will take place at a later date, with an announcement being made following the development of restrictions that have been put in place.

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Further changes to the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship are expected to be made, with organisers indicating that the 2020 series could now commence on 20 June.

It was announced last month that the postponed season would be beginning on 13 June with the Florida National, which will likely be pushed back at least a week.

The Race Leadership Team (RLT) – which consists of representatives from the AMA, MX Sports and MX Sports Pro Racing – met on Monday, with a delayed start date soon due to be released.

It was announced last week that the latest the Pro Motocross championship will be completed will be 12 September, before it’s expected that Monster Energy Supercross will resume in the fall.

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The iconic Red Bull Erzbergrodeo has been cancelled for 2020 as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic that has brought to sport to a standstill.

Doubling as round three of the WESS Enduro World Championship, the Austrian event scheduled for 11-14 June won’t be staged at a later date.

Regarded as one of the world’s premier off-road motorcycle competitions, the Erzbergrodeo annually attracts 1800 riders from 40 nations to the Iron Giant.

The cancellation follows a recent decision made by the Austrian government. While they intend to ease certain restrictions regarding their COVID-19 lockdown measures, no mass gathering events will be permitted until July at the earliest.

This information follows the postponement of Extreme XL Lagares to 2-4 October and the recent cancellation of Trefle Lozerien AMV that was due to take place between 21-23 May.

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Yamaha Motor Australia and Serco Motorsport are celebrating their 20th season of competing together in 2020.

The partnership became official in 2001, with the Queensland-based Serco organisation becoming the factory ‘Lites’ team in 2004.

“YMA and Serco have been in racing for the long haul and the commitment we have to each other and racing has been strong,” explained Serco owner Gavin Eales.

“We see a lot of teams come and go, but look at Yamaha’s consistency in racing, each team has been around for some time and built up a good knowledge and infrastructure base that can’t be replicated in just one or two seasons.”

Serco Yamaha’s first MX Nationals MX2 title was won by Cameron Taylor in 2005, with Jake Moss (2007), Luke Styke (2013), Luke Clout (2014) and Wilson Todd (2018) also capturing the 250 class crown. In addition, Brenden Harrison claimed the MXD title in 2013.

In the Australian Supercross Championship, the first title came when Styke completed the double in 2013, before Jackson Richardson went back-to-back during the 2016 and 2017 seasons.