Liberty Media Purchases MotoGP

Have you seen what they did to expand F1 in the US?

Bring "celebrities" to the track and have them act as if they were interested. Created a soap opera about the drivers.

I sense my interest in MotoGP dropping as has my interest in F1. Sad!

 

F1 has had a terrible on track product for an incredibly long time now whereas MotoGP may be the best there is right on 2 or 4 wheels at the moment. I'm hoping they can't mess it up too badly.

 

Oh god I can see it now....Motogp 2030




And I dont mean the fan base...I mean the races....

 

I didn’t think Mongo had the spare time to do consulting work???

 

I'm sorry - rider is DQ'd for not wearing required fringes. Rulebook example:

 

New Lulu Edition bagger.

 

Was that the Super 8? You should stuck around, they got the AG on them and they had to honor the original price. they were fined $175K.

 

Be awful difficult to hang off the seat on that thing....NTAWWT

 

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1046326/1/fate-motogp-grid-girls-confirmed-after-liberty-takeover

I give it 2 years and they'll be gone. They can't have a double standard applied to the 2 series.

 

and mandatory stinkwheel platforms!!

 

I sure hope they don't bring that gas bag Danica into the booth. Can you imagine...

 

No bags.

On the Vegas front, I like that they say spending for the F1 fans was 3.5x (or whatever it was) more than average Vegas tourists. Now, show me the number of booked rooms during F1 vs the prior year and show me how the classify visitors as F1 or non F1 fans.

 

I hope they bring back VR and JL!

 

At least nascar didnt buy motogp! Count your blessings

 

Ok, Liberty Media bought Dorna, or a controlling interest. They hold the commercial rights. I don't think that pertains to the classes/rules. That should still be the FIM / MSMA if I am not mistaken.

 

The same folks that own Live Nation.

Extra fees on tickets coming?

 

Ticketbastard to full effect!

 

This.

Hoping it doesn’t go that route.

 

I know it's fashionable to bandwagon onboard the "they're gonna commercialize it they're gonna ruin it" train but I'm not with y'all.

I'm more than happy to see MotoGP on every billboard, reality tv, celebrities and concerts at every race. Hope to God they also get Kawasaki and Suzuki back and more Yamahas.

 

Where are my crayons? I'mma gonna needa map drawn, STAT!