Carmelo Izpeleta is frustrated with what MotoGP teams are demanding from independent media.

MotoGP teams refuse to name their 2027 riders Until a new deal is struck with more cash prizes for the teams.

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Dorna Sports CEO, Carmelo Izpeleta was confused by the teams approach. He was worried that his position with the independent media could be damaged in these negotiations.

But Swordfish He is very upset with the MotoGP teams and the current negotiations with Liberty Media that they want something with his main selling points.

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Speaking on his YouTube channel, Niko Abad He spoke about the current conflict between the MotoGP teams and Liberty Media over the financial redistribution of revenue.

MotoGP teams want a bigger share of the revenue, which upsets Carmelo Izpeleta because he sold MotoGP to independent media on a business model with fixed distribution fees.

“As I understand it, Carmelo Izpeleta[Dorna’s CEO]sold Dorna a very successful business model for Freedom Media. And in that business model, he distributes profits to his teams based on his own criteria…”

“There’s an unwritten question with Liberty Media coming in… Liberty Media is known to want a lot from the teams, and the teams are saying, ‘Don’t ask us anything about the £50m we’re putting into bikes. We’re putting a lot of money into that.’

“Before, the sport was on free-to-air television, and it had enough exposure, it was huge advertising, but now it’s not like that, so if you want more from us and we have to keep using the same money, we need a fair distribution of money, like Formula 1.’

“This really comes down to Carmelo, because he said he didn’t sell this model, he sold ideas that have a certain value for the teams. On the other hand, the teams want a percentage of the profit… Carmelo said that the profit is at risk.

Because there will be more charges based on what the teams and factories demand. Because they invest more money, they need more attention. They don’t want to impose more demands… they want fair distribution of TV rights…”

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Abad went on to say that the current negotiations cannot affect the riders or the teams. It’s the high-ups on both ends who are getting hurt.

“I don’t know if this affects the riders or not, it affects the silence of the market, where everyone is joking everywhere, everyone is talking about what they know, but not telling the truth.

“I don’t know if this will influence the factories to give omnipotence, but the reality is that the negotiations are being delayed for the people involved.”

Liberty is open to giving shares to groups. of the proceeds to accelerate the financial settlement and ensure future periods are not operationally at risk.

However, there is no word on how these negotiations will be conducted as of now, and it may take some time for both sides to reach an agreement.