Liberty Media now wants every MotoGP rider to have a ‘race bike’ for the weekend

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As a journalist Matt Oxley Of note, part of those negotiations included the freedom MotoGP teams wanted to have a show bike during the race.

Speaking on Oxley Bom MotoGP PodcastOxley shared that the sport’s owners would like to organize events during the Grands Prix similar to the 2026 race in Kuala Lumpur.

He said: “I’ve heard that Liberty/MotoGP Sports Entertainment, for example, want every team to have a race bike for every rider.

“What every team wants to have is, let’s say, it’s the Silverstone Grand Prix, and they can have an event in London that closes the London class on Wednesday.

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“And maybe they’ll have test riders or something, maybe Johan Zarco on the Castrol Honda and Miller on the Pramac Yamaha doing the tires up and down the track.

“So you want a racing bike for every rider. This is a lot of money because it’s not just in motorcycles. Of course there will be last year’s bikes, but you need staff to take care of them.

“You don’t just push the start button. There’s a lot of cost involved in a run that doesn’t exist, so you negotiate on those types of things.”