FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Statement

"The recent vulcano eruption in Iceland has resulted in an ash cloud cover infiltration. Air traffic spaceover Europe has stopped all international travel in and out of Europe.

"This case of ‘force majeure’ has obliged the Grand Prix Permanent Bureau composed of the FIM President Vito Ippolito and Dorna C.E.O. Carmelo Ezpeleta, with the agreement of the Grand Prix Promoter,Mobilityland Corporation, to postpone the Grand Prix of Japan planned on 25 April 2010.