Hot on the heels of new restrictions placed on testing for MotoGP comes news that an official test will take place at the new Argentine Termas de Río Hondo track in July.
The test means that teams will have to cross the Atlantic three times in these days of cost-cutting measures to incorporate the test alongside the US rounds.
Immediately after the Dutch TT Honda, Yamaha and Ducati will pack up and head across to South America for a 'special promotion' before coming back for the Sachsenring race.
"With the 2013 MotoGP World Championship having been launched last weekend, it has been confirmed that some teams will head to Argentina later this year for a test session to be staged at the Circuito Internacional Termas de Río Hondo in the first week of July, just after the IVECO TT Assen," said a Dorna spokesman.
"Between 1st and 5th July, MotoGP riders and teams will move swiftly from The Netherlands to Argentina and the province of Santiago del Estero. They will also visit capital city Buenos Aires for a selection of media commitments.
"Several representatives of the World Championship - including those of marques such as Honda, Ducati and Yamaha - will take part in official trials in Argentina.
"The program will include two days of intensive work on the track, where each team will focus on their competitiveness, while being able to extract data for the circuit for when the Grand Prix of Argentina is added to the calendar in 2014."
