After the announcement of theacquisition of 86% of Dorna Sports and MotoGP by Liberty Media last Monday, Formula 1 and MotoGP could get even closer. Now that Liberty Media manages both two and four wheels, the possibility of see the two series race together in the same weekend.
He also talked about it Carlos Ezpeleta, Dorna's Chief Sporting Officer, in an interview with the Spanish podcast Por Orejas from Motorsport.com. “At the moment, for obvious reasons, It's not in the immediate plans and that's not something we're working on. But we do not rule it out for the medium-term future. The reality is that it makes limited sense, because our fan base in most places is different to that of Formula 1".
“They sell out many circuits and so do we – continued Ezpeleta – so getting us all together at the same event and on the same weekend is difficult and the return on investment is not very clear at the moment. There are also problems with several sponsors and the cameras. In other words it would be a rather complicated project".
“On the other hand, there are only a certain number of circuits that can handle both categories. So it's a project that isn't ruled out, but we're not even working on it.". MotoGP and Formula 1 together, therefore, is still a distant project, but not impossible to achieve, especially now that both series are under the same roof, that of Liberty Media.
