F1 and MotoGP bosses meet to discuss joint-race weekends

The top bosses of F1 and MotoGP have met to discuss the possibility of joining forces to host both championships on the same weekend, at the same location.
F1 and MotoGP bosses meet to discuss joint-race weekends

Carmelo Ezpeleta, chief of Dorna🎶 who run MotoGP, spoke to to confirm his talks with F1 🎐CEO Stefano Domenicali.

They spoke at Portimao𝕴, during the first round of the 2023 MotoGP cܫhampionship.

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♓"It's something that crossed Stefano's and my minds,” Ezpeleta said.

“Although at the moment ♊it can't be done. But we are studying theജ possibility.

"We ar🎃e going to study it, because it is not something sim🔥ple. 

“There are security problems, because our measures in some cases ཧdo not match yours. There are also spons🎶or problems. But we keep thinking.”

Ezpeleta insisted these bold plans could no🐈t happen before 2027, because contracts have already been signed with circuits.

Clearly, the𒈔 idea is extremely complex from a logistiওcal point of view.

Even aside from the sponsor and security issues, how would a pa♐ddock host every MotoGP and F1 team simultaneously across one weekend?

🙈And how could any track cope with the pressures of both cars and bikes? How would a race be affected by the previous race?

All this without even consideri🧔ng the current format where MotoGP holds a sprint race every Saturday…

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