By alley - Sep 14, 2017, 7:56 AM ET

Thailand joins 2018 MotoGP calendar

MotoGP organizers have released a provisional 2018 calendar, with the addition of a 19th race at the Buriram circuit in Thailand being the key change from 2017. The British GP in August is curently listed on a "circuit to be announced," with Donington Park understood to be under consideration to replace Silverstone.

The new race leads MotoGP's "flyaway season" on Oct. 7, as the first of four races in Asia and Australia, before the series returns to Europe for the season finale at Valencia.

The full schedule is as follows:

Round	Event	Circuit	Race day
1	QATAR GP	Losail International Circuit	March 18
2	ARGENTINA GP	Termas de Rio Hondo	April 8
3	AMERICAS GP	Circuit of the Americas	April 22
4	SPANISH GP	Circuito de Jerez	May 6
5	FRENCH GP	Le Mans	May 20
6	ITALIAN GP	Autodromo di Mugello	June 3
7	CATALUNYA GP	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	June 17
8	DUTCH GP	TT Circuit Assen	July 1
9	GERMAN GP	Sachsenring	July 15
10	CZECH GP	Automotodrom Brno	August 5
11	AUSTRIAN GP	Red Bull Ring - Spielberg	August 12
12	BRITISH GP	Circuit to be announced	August 26
13	SAN MARINO GP	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	September 9
14	ARAGON GP	MotorLand Aragon	September 23
15	THAI GP	Chang International Circuit	October 7
16	JAPANESE GP	Twin Ring Motegi	October 21
17	AUSTRALIAN GP	Phillip Island Circuit	October 28
18	MALAYSIAN GP	Sepang International Circuit	November 4
19	VALENCIA GP	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	November 18