Pedro Acosta has admitted that MotoGP has been hit hard by Valentino Rossi’s retirement from the sport at the end of the 2021 campaign.
Ahead of the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix, Valentino Rossi He announced what many had been waiting for for months: he would retire at the end of the season and call it a day on one of the most successful careers in the Premier League.
What are your thoughts on the independent media taking MotoGP the same way as F1?
Pedro Acosta thinks it is the right move
In the year Since his first season in the 500cc category in 2000, Rossi has led the development of MotoGP around the world with his alluring looks and undeniable prowess on two wheels.
Even if a person had never seen a Grand Prix in his life, chances are, he knew who Rossi was. However, as he left the sport, MotoGP failed to fill the void of the most marketable member of the grid.
Ducati boss Davide Tardozzi believes. Rossi’s absence from the MotoGP grid remains a ‘problem’. Because of the sport’s premier class, there is now less space for young riders to be attracted to.
Pedro Acosta He thinks and worries that there is an easy way to get back some lost fans Freedom media Taking MotoGP in the same direction as Formula 1, with more races in countries that can grow the sport.
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Speaking through Gypsy Tales PodcastAcosta was asked to give his thoughts on Miami hosting the MotoGP race weekend following the success of F1’s move there.
“Yeah, let’s see, I mean we have to be honest. At the moment, I think the different classes are at a much higher level than MotoGP,” he began.
“At the moment, I think Formula 1 and, in my opinion, Supercross, are putting on a fantastic show. It’s true that MotoGP has been better since Liberty Media came into the segment.”
We’re still a long way from what Formula 1 can do, but I think it’s important that we start going to these kinds of countries and make the sport bigger and bigger.
We’ve probably lost a lot of the fans we had ten years ago when Valentino was there, so I think it would be great for the sport if we try to go in the direction of Formula 1.
One F1-style change that has been pushed hard by figures in the MotoGP paddock is the upgrading of sprint races in the premier class to fewer race weekends, rather than being at every event.
Famous driver agent Carlo Pernat is all for the ideaShowing how ridiculous it is for the sport’s officials to expect their rivals to compete in 44 races in just one campaign.
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