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Brazil's New MotoGP Race Might Get Cancelled Before It Ever Gets To Start

It's been 37 years since Autodromo Ayrton Senna in Goiania, Brazil, hosted a MotoGP race. But after being fully refurbished, it was selected as the location for Round 2 on the MotoGP calendar this year.  Everyone was stoked for the event, as MotoGP was returning to one of the biggest hubs for motorsport around.

Brazilian fans are among the most passionate of all motorsport fans. 

But it's increasingly looking as if the race won't get to wave the green flag, as heavy rains and flooding have besieged the locale, causing big portions of the racetrack to be submerged. Crews at the track have done admirable jobs by drying the track out fairly quickly and moving big amounts of water every time the skies open up, but more rain is predicted. 

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