After some modifications were made during the 2016 Catalan GP following the tragic crash of Luis Salom in Moto2 FP2 on Friday, permanent changes are to be applied to the layout of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for MotoGP.

The new layout has a slightly shorter track length of 4652m, with work set to take place in January.

By requirement of the FIM, layout will be changed in the following ways:

- Use of the F1 layout of Turn 10

- New chicane after Turn 13

This new chicane is BEFORE the chicane used for Formula 1.