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The season has yet to start for motorcycling's
top category but there are hopes of opening with two races on
successive weekends in July without spectators at the Jerez
circuit in southern Spain.
Organisers expect around 1,600 people at such races, with
manufacturer teams limited to 40 while independent MotoGP
outfits must manage with 25. Those in Moto2, one rung down,
would be allowed 20 and Moto3 a maximum of 15.
"The likelihood of any events in 2020 needing to be held behind
closed doors means that it is necessary to keep participant
numbers to the absolute minimum," MotoGP said in a statement on
Friday.
"It is also important to allow optimum utilisation of pit box
space by the contracted teams. The Commission have therefore
decided that wild card entries, in all classes, will be
suspended for the 2020 season."
Yamaha had planned for retired triple MotoGP champion Lorenzo to
race as a wild card at his home Catalan Grand Prix in June, but
that race is one of several to have been postponed.
Lorenzo, 33, signed as a Yamaha factory test rider in January.
Wild cards are used to give race experience to young prospects
as well as for established test riders in their home races.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Giles Elgood)
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