Revealed: How much money Dorna gives to MotoGP’s satellite teams

MotoGP satellite teams reportedly receive between €6.5m and €7m per season from Dorna.
Marco Bezzecchi, Ducati MotoGP Assen 2023
Marco Bezzecchi, Ducati MotoGP Assen 2023

The six⛄ customer teams (Gresini, Mooney VR46, Tech3, LCR, Pramac and RNF) have contracts with Dorna until the end of 2026.

ওnow report that the annual subsidies to ea🦂ch team have increased because their contract with Dorna allows a maximum of 22 rounds, rather than 20.

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The 2023 MotoGP season is 20 rounds, but extra money would become available should future seasons have an additional two♒ rounds.

Dorna’s subsidy includes payment for team associati🦂on IRTA (entry fee, expenses, freight, bonus).

The cost of a satellite team leasing its bikes from a manufacturer is €2.2m, the report states.

The manufacturers ((Ducati, Aprilia, KTM and Honda) are incentivized with a payment of €1m from Dorna per bike given to a satellite team.

Miguel Oliveira, MotoGP, Dutch MotoGP, 24 June
Miguel Oliveira, MotoGP, Dutch MotoGP, 24 June

Yamaha are given just €500,000 by Dorna because they are not running a satellite team this yeaꦕr♍.

Ducati, who have three satellite teams, are only incentivized to run one. So, Dorna give them only €2.2m - the same as Aprilia, KTM and Honda.

Moto2 and Moto3 teams now receive €180,000 to €230,000 in subsidies from Dorna, the report says.

Dorna subsidises the engines in Moto2, charging €20,000 per rider to each team.

In total, Dorna distributes €70m to teams across Moto𒁏GP, Moto2 and Moto3. This money predominantly comes from selling TV rights.

By comparison, the 10 F1 teams receive a combined total of €950m from L🔯iberty Media. More than 10 times what MotoGP teams are making.

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