Carmelo Ezpeletathe CEO of MotoGPwill proceed to be regardless of the acquisition of Dorna by Liberty Mediawhich additionally owns F1. That’s how the Individuals wished it. The Spanish chief explains in MARCA what the touchdown of the corporate that has made Components 1 develop will imply for the Motorbike World Championship.
ASK. Initially, congratulations as a result of it looks as if an excellent settlement for the MotoGP World Championship.
ANSWER. Thanks. I need to say that on a private degree I’m very pleased. After 32 years of creating the world championship, {that a} society like Liberty is fascinated with a championship like ours and never solely is , however values it in what it has valued it, is a good pleasure for these of us who’ve contributed. Collectively, all of us who make up the MotoGP household have made this an awesome international sport.
Q. The query that every one followers ask themselves: what will occur now with MotoGP?
A. Nothing, so to enhance. If an organization like Liberty Media makes a dedication to a product on this approach, it’s as a result of it likes the product and it likes the best way it’s. What occurs is that we consider, along with Liberty Media, that we’re going to enhance many features that had been tougher to enhance alone.
In sport all the pieces will stay the identical, however we are going to enhance in features through which it was tougher to enhance alone.
Q. This enchancment, are you able to say particularly what it would enhance in?
A. No, however, principally, the championship, the game, all the pieces will proceed the identical because it was. What we are going to do is attempt to enhance visibility, work extra on advertising and marketing merchandise, attain extra individuals, make the product extra enticing and that can outcome within the sport being extra widespread.
Q. The great factor for Dorna is that every one these measures had been already being carried out in recent times, proper?
A. Sure, that’s proper, however with somebody who is aware of rather a lot we are able to do it higher.
Q. The MotoGP fan, based mostly on the response you’ve got given, what excites you most is that they’ll replicate in MotoGP what they’ve executed with F1.
A. The 2 championships have many related issues and others related, however the very first thing that have to be mentioned, regardless of what was already mentioned within the statements, is that we’re two completely different firms. That’s to say, Components 1 has not purchased MotoGP, however moderately Liberty Media has purchased many of the shares in MotoGP. There are two unbiased firms that, clearly, of their father or mother firm have essential information that we are going to apply when potential. Subsequently, it is very important say that within the subsequent 9 months, which is when the Competitors must be determined, we are going to work utterly remoted. Liberty Media is just not going to enter into something throughout these months, that’s, now we have to work on this as we work realizing and realizing the issues that Liberty Media has executed in Components 1. However till the Competitors factor is endorsed and accredited, we’re those that had been.
What we are going to do is attempt to enhance visibility, work extra on advertising and marketing merchandise, attain extra individuals, make the product extra enticing and that can outcome within the sport being extra widespread.
Q. May there be some actions which might be carried out collectively between Components 1 and MotoGP or not?
A. In the meanwhile, in no way.
Q. Prior to now, with Stefano Domenicali, CEO of F1, you talked in regards to the possibility of holding a joint grand prix. It by no means got here to fruition. May it occur now?
A. We now have checked out this many instances, however the difficulties are nice and there’s a very massive one and that’s that in virtually all locations, or in all of them, we’re full or completely full and so they, too. So if we did that, there are bills for 2 occasions and there’s no skill to generate twice as a lot for the 2 occasions. That’s to say, we don’t consider that it might be potential for viewers to pay double or half extra to have them. That’s the major downside. And, then, we must discuss tv points, that are completely different, and extra. It’s an thought, which is nice, and we is not going to cease desirous about it, however, in the meanwhile, we don’t assume it’s potential to do it.
Q. Seeing what Liberty has executed with F1 and the pattern that MotoGP is already taking, can this buy result in much more races being held outdoors of Europe?
A. It’s potential, however not now. The races which might be or might be held in 2024, 2025 and 2026 are virtually all confirmed. From there, if we enhance… we can’t do greater than 22 and we enhance the races outdoors Europe, since some in Europe should be lowered.
Fewer Spanish pilots? In MotoGP there are the very best, I don’t know anybody of a greater degree than the 22 that there are
Q. May the internationalization course of imply that there are fewer Spanish drivers or will the factories and groups proceed to rent these they think about the very best with out wanting on the passport?
A. It’s the world bike championship and the very best riders on the earth are there. I don’t know any rider with a degree that may very well be in MotoGP higher than the 22 which might be. I don’t know any, if anybody is aware of one, let me know. That’s so. I all the time clarify that once they requested Dan Rossomondo (business director) if there have been many Spanish drivers in a worldwide sport, he mentioned: ‘I come from the NBA, it’s a international sport, which is seen everywhere in the world, which has international protection and it’s not that there are lots of Individuals, it’s that 90 % are Individuals and other people don’t care.’ Folks wish to see, and now we have to proceed creating, the very best spectacle and the very best sport that may be executed in MotoGP. And that’s the place we’re.
Q. One of many concepts to develop sooner or later may very well be to create one other collection within the type of ‘Drive to Survive’ from Components 1, which is successful on Netflix and is already in its sixth season?
A. That now we have the expertise of the collection we did (MotoGP: Limitless, on Amazon Prime), which was very native. If issues like that should be executed, we are going to do them with individuals who know precisely what we wish to do and the place we wish to go. We should go step-by-step.
In a month or a month and a half we can have accredited the 2027 regulation
Q. For the long run, Dorna has already spoken once more with the producers in Qatar, in regards to the 2027 rules, with much less aerodynamics, much less energy… Is there an settlement?
A. That may be very shut now. We handed them a counterproposal, they noticed it, now we have made others… I consider that inside a month or a month and a half we can have the rules accredited by all of us.
Q. Can or not it’s mentioned that there have lastly been factors of understanding?
R. S, they’ve understood issues and now we have understood others. We’re getting it prepared.
