On Monday 1 April, Liberty introduced it had acquired 86% possession of Dorna Sports activities and MotoGP as a part of a deal valued at €4.2 billion.
With each F1 and MotoGP now below Liberty’s umbrella, talks of a possible joint race weekend for the 2 collection has surfaced once more.
In an unique first interview with Ezpeleta following Monday’s announcement, with Motorsport.com’s Spanish MotoGP podcast Por Orejas, the chief says a joint occasion shouldn’t be out of the query however isn’t one thing being thought-about within the brief time period.
“Properly, it is one thing that in the meanwhile, for apparent causes, shouldn’t be within the instant plans and it isn’t one thing that we’re engaged on, nevertheless it’s not one thing that we’re ruling out for the medium-term future both,” Ezpeleta stated.
“However having stated that, the fact is that it makes restricted sense, as a result of on the finish of the day we’ve some occasions with our personal fan base, which is a unique fan base in most locations to the System 1 fan base.
“They promote, they promote out in lots of circuits and so will we, so getting all of us collectively in the identical occasion, in the identical weekend, has difficulties and the return on funding shouldn’t be very clear right this moment.
“Then you definitely even have issues with the completely different sponsors, the TV cameras, so it’s a venture, or it will be a reasonably difficult venture, for example.
“Then once more, there are a selection of circuits that may run each [series], however there will not be so many, so it’s a venture that isn’t discarded, however we’re not engaged on it both.”
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The way forward for World Superbikes below the brand new Liberty deal is unclear at this stage, however in the meanwhile Ezpeleta says there isn’t any plans for MotoGP and the production-based collection to host any shared occasions.
“It is one thing that has been talked about for a very long time and the fact, being very direct, I have no idea the profit,” he added.
“Clearly it will make publicity to Superbike extra related, MotoGP I believe would have little to do there.
“There may be fairly an essential crossover of followers and I do not know if the individuals who go to Montmelo for Superbikes… I believe additionally they go to MotoGP.
“It would not make numerous sense with each collectively as a result of you aren’t going to draw extra individuals and you must pay for each issues, Superbike and MotoGP, so it would not make a lot sense in the meanwhile.”
Extra reporting by Oriol Puigdemont and German Garcia Casanova
