Keep in mind when Ducati was frequently making headlines with their 4 MotoGP groups and even one in every of their Sporting Administrators was admitting that the flood of purple wasn’t ultimate for the circuit?
Effectively, Dorna’s CEO, Carmelo Ezpeleta, desires to stability out the MotoGP grid for future seasons – and I’m not going to lie, the talks have revealed rather a lot about how all people’s feeling.
To make clear, Ezpeleta has gone to Yamaha, Honda, Aprilia, KTM, and Ducati to hash out concessions to the present Grand Prix rules; these new allowances want all people’s approval within the curiosity of protecting the grid honest for all.
Out of the groups that Carmelo has approached, the person states that KTM and Aprilia needed “extra issues to be taken away from Ducati”(Crash).
Er, extra stricture, then.
Honda and Yamaha, however, have apparently been moderately good sports activities and supplied “some concessions that allowed everybody else to take a step ahead.”
Ezpeleta’s function in all of that is actually not enviable, however he stays enthusiastic about altering as little as attainable, and solely when needed:
| “I nonetheless have the idea that, when there’s a regulation in power (and everybody has complied with it), altering it’s not proper… So what I’ve to do [now] is persuade [everyone] that it’s good to vary it…”
“What have I completed? Attempt to do that by convincing Ducati to depart issues to those factories and that they’ve rather less.” – Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO, Dorna Sports activities (Crash) |
Carmelo recounts the way it wasn’t at all times Ducati on the forefront of the Prix’s battle for the crown:
| “No one remembers that earlier than eight Hondas, eight Yamahas and two Suzukis raced right here, and that it was Honda and Yamaha that gave the OK in order that the opposite bikes would have some benefits in coaching and different issues. That allowed Ducati, first, then Suzuki after which the others to lift the extent.”
“I, since I’m the identical, can not overlook that.” – Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO, Dorna Sports activities (Crash) |
Whereas we haven’t but acquired phrase on the updates, we look ahead to seeing how Dorna plans on night out the GP taking part in discipline. Goodness is aware of riders transitioning to new groups (Marc Marquez) will seemingly discover a shock or two ready for them.
What do you suppose Carmelo and the MotoGP groups have in retailer for us?
