Dorna’s Carmelo Ezpeleta tells the truth about sale rumour to F1’s Liberty Media
Reports in Spain claim that F1 own💝ers Liberty Media want to acquire MotoGP rights holder Dorna
Carmelo Ezpeleta, the CEO of Dorna, ha❀s responded to rep🎉orts that MotoGP’s rights holder could be sold.
Forಞmula 1 owners Liberty Media are in talks to acquire Dorna, Spain-based reported.
Am⛄azon, Netflix and Disney are also interested, the report cl🦹aims.
Ezpeleta has now given his side of the story.
He told : "The majority shareholders of Dorna are investment funds, which ꦬbuy things to sell them.
“We have always been for sale, from day one.
“We have been with Bridgepo♒intꦆ since 2006 and CPP since 2013.
“There are always approaches and everything.
“That's it.🅰 For now, that's it. We're the same as we always were."
Bridgepoint is a private🌌 equity firm, CPP is an꧂ investment fund.
Liberty Media bought the rights to F1 in 2017.
They are now worth $18.2 billion, making them the ൲world’s most valuable sports empire according to last year.
F1 has enjoyed a period of added popul🌠arity since the US-based owners took control.
The Netflix series ‘൲Drive To Survive’ is the most notable example of Liberty Media’s ability to drive interest in their product.
The F1 season begins this weekend in Bahrain.
The⛎ MotoGP 2024 campaign starts on March 8 in Qatar.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sp💮orts for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
