Neil Hodgson said the Brazilian Grand Prix track was not ready for MotoGP, they were building the toilets.

Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia) was chosen as the circuit to host the Brazilian Grand Prix, but there were drainage problems during the construction of the event.

March marks the end of Brazil’s rainy season, which caused problems at the circuit in the week before the Grand Prix and rain during Friday practice.

However, another issue that was discussed on the opening day of practice was that the paddock in Goiania was apparently not ready to host the Grand Prix.

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Neil Hodgson believes that MotoGP returned to Goiania ‘six months early’

During MotoGP Practice coverage on TNT Sport, Gavin Emmett and Neil Hodgson discuss a return to Goiania for the 2026 season.

However, Hodgson said he believes MotoGP has returned to the circuit ‘six months early’ as the facilities at the circuit feel ‘together’.

“We love the track, we love the layout, we love Goiania, we love coming to Brazil, but the area around the track is not finished,” Emmett said.

Hodgson said, “You feel like we got here six months ago, that’s what it feels like. Now they’re rushing to get it together, and to look a little bit better, and it’s a shame.”

“We went into the paddock yesterday and they were building toilets.”

Johannes Zarco will lead the timed practice in Brazil.

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Johannes Zarco trained on Friday afternoon, which was affected by the rain

As reported earlier on Friday, the Brazilian Grand Prix was affected by rain during morning and afternoon practice.

In Saturday’s afternoon session, which will decide who advances directly to Q2, there was 20 minutes of dry track time at the start of the session.

This time the LCR Honda rider, Johan Zarco, set the fastest watchIt lasted until the end of the session due to the rain that started to fall.

Reigning behind Zarco was MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez and in third place was MotoGP rookie Toprak Razgatlioglu.