In an effort to dissuade MotoGP riders from unionizing, Carmelo Izpeleta has sent a stark warning of what could happen to the sport.
Since the recent sale of MotoGP to Liberty Media, Carmelo Izpeleta is frustrated with the drivers. On the questions you were making.
The riders have been forming a union for fear of what the CEO of MotoGP Sports Group could do to the organization’s bargaining power.
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Despite the concerns How the independent media handles the complaints of drivers Compared to Izpeleta, the former MotoGP boss had his moments when he was tough on the riders.
Indeed, when you see MotoGP riders trying to form a union 20 years ago, Carmelo Izpeleta He is said to have sent them a high warning.
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Carmelo Izpeleta has told MotoGP riders that a union would harm the sport.
When he spoke Niko AbadSpanish MotoGP analyst Diego Lacave has revealed how Carmelo Izpeleta shut down attempts by the MotoGP riders to form an association.
20 years ago, Izpeleta met with the riders and told them that forming a riders union would destroy MotoGP in one season.
“Carmelo looked the riders in the eye and said, ‘If MotoGP depends on you all, this sport will be ruined in one season.'” That’s what I heard Carmelo say to the riders 20 years ago.
Ezpeleta, who explored for MotoGP, did not want the riders to form a union to ensure that any business deals would not be hindered by decisions made by the riders.
But it was a scary time to make such a strong statement to the Knights as it might be about union.
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As CEO of the MotoGP sports team for Izpeleta’s faults, his motorsport experience is believed to have given him an understanding of how to work with MotoGP riders, especially as motorcycle riders.
However, with Liberty Media, that is not the case. There is a risk that Liberty Media wants MotoGP riders to be like F1 driversAlthough the two sports and their general structure are different.
and with Freedom media pushing ideas like show bikes running On race weekend, there’s clearly some validity to that concern.
Hopefully, as time goes on, the Knights and Liberty Media can find a way to work together effectively without both sides having to compromise their goals too much.
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