Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has not dominated out the potential of MotoGP internet hosting races on among the avenue circuits featured on the Components 1 calendar.
MotoGP is at a pivotal second following the acquisition of its promoter Dorna Sports activities by Liberty Media, the identical media firm that owns F1 outright.
The transfer has naturally generated a variety of anticipation round the potential of each sequence using synergies and rising nearer collectively.
For years, many individuals have mused about the potential of F1 and MotoGP internet hosting a joint race weekend sooner or later, even earlier than the 2 sequence got here beneath the identical possession.
Whereas that is still nothing greater than an thought as of now, Ezpeleta spent the previous weekend attending F1’s self-promoted Las Vegas Grand Prix and was filled with reward for the present Liberty Media put collectively, telling Spanish broadcaster DAZN: “By way of spectacle, what they do is unbelievable.”
Requested about the potential of MotoGP internet hosting a race in the course of a significant metropolis, just like F1’s glamorous Vegas occasion, Ezpeleta mentioned he was open to the concept, so long as the riders‘ security could possibly be ensured.
“We have now no downside racing on avenue circuits; the one factor we’d like is run-off areas, and in Las Vegas it’s tough to have them,” he mentioned. “However there are some F1 avenue layouts that we might use.
“For us, security is crucial facet. Since we took cost of the championship in 1992, that has been our dedication to the riders, and we is not going to chill out on that.”
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Ezpeleta identified that the Indonesian Grand Prix is held on what’s framed as a partial avenue circuit: “Theoretically, Mandalika is city, and we race there.”
In the previous few many years, and much more so after Liberty’s takeover in 2017, F1 has more and more shifted in direction of avenue circuits, with the purpose of turning grands prix into Tremendous Bowl-style spectacles.
This yr’s F1 calendar options six bona fide avenue circuits (Melbourne, Jeddah, Baku, Monaco, Singapore, Las Vegas), two semi-urban circuits (Montreal and Miami) and two extra metropolis races on everlasting tracks (Mexico and Abu Dhabi). Madrid can be added to the checklist subsequent yr.
5 everlasting F1 circuits already host MotoGP yearly: Losail, Austin, Barcelona, the Crimson Bull Ring and Silverstone. That checklist might increase additional if MotoGP returns to the Shanghai Worldwide Circuit, though this isn’t anticipated earlier than 2027.
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