Liberty Media está on the verge of acquiring Dorna Sports, adding MotoGP to the Formula 1 it acquired in 2017. If the deal goes through, there could be significant changes in the premier class of motorcycle racing, just as it happened in the equivalent of motorsport.
Right away, a possible americanization, as admitted by Giacomo Agostini to the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, quoted on Motosan.es: ‘It is very likely that we will see actors, jet set, champions from other sports. It is really very good, it is fantastic, they know how to exploit this aspect very well without losing sight of the main focus, which is the race, the sport‘.
The 15-time world champion believes that Liberty Media’s entry could mean growth for MotoGP, as has been the case with F1 in the last seven years: ‘F1 is in a golden moment, and since we are not inferior in terms of spectacle, but I think our races are even more exciting, I think there is a lot of room for growth‘.
Sin embargo, nuevos propietarios pueden llevar a cambios en el liderazgo, eventualmente con la salida del director ejecutivo de Dorna – Carmelo Ezpeleta – que ha sido una figura esencial en el MotoGP. Agostini comentó: ‘Lamento por Ezpeleta, que ha hecho mucho por el motociclismo y siempre ha estado cerca de los equipos y ha ayudado a aquellos que tenían problemas‘.
