MotoGP riders need to ‘speak up’ amid Miami Grand Prix rumours, says Matt Oxley

Sports Business Journal It broke the story late last week, though they said the idea was still in the exploratory stage. It is not yet clear whether the circuit will effectively be converted to MotoGP bikes in the Hard Rock Stadium car park.

The Miami talk naturally raises safety concerns given the nature of the F1 track.

Mat Oxley has previously argued that MotoGP riders need lawyers.and writing in column b Motor sports magazineHe again urged them to hire a ‘full-time representative’.

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While drivers have previously talked about hiring ex-racers, Oxley said they need a lawyer. That individual could organize votes on ‘matters of importance’ and put pressure on Liberty and the MotoGP Sport Entertainment Group (formerly Dorna) to do so.

Oxley says the Knights themselves are not equipped to take on Liberty, a ‘£40bn conglomerate’. He urged them to ‘speak up’ not only for their own interests but also for other champions and future generations.

He feared that if he failed to do so, he would have ‘only himself to blame’ for any problems.

Carmelo Izpeleta says retaining Spain’s four seeds will be ‘very difficult’.

Freedom’s planning calendar is threatening some of the traditional seeds of the series. At a press conference on Tuesday, MotoGP boss Carmelo Izpeleta said that at least one of the Spanish events could be left off the schedule.

The sport currently visits Jerez, Barcelona, ​​Aragon and Valencia, meaning around 20% of the races are in the same country. Izpeleta says the arrangement is not sustainable.

There is through Motor sport“It will be difficult and it will be difficult in the future. I am proud that Catalonia and my city Barcelona are the birthplace of MotoGP.

According to the agreement with the teams, we cannot have more than 22 competitions, so it is very difficult to have four in Spain.

In the year There were reports earlier. The Aragon Grand Prix is ​​under threat.But Liberty evaluates the profitability of all four events.