F1 and MotoGP bosses meet to discuss joint-race weekends

The top bosses of F1 and MotoGP have met to discuss the possibility of joining forces to host both championships on the same weekend, at the same location.
F1 and MotoGP bosses meet to discuss joint-race weekends

Carmelo Ezpeleta, chief of Dorna who run MotoGP, sp💖oke to to c💟onfirm his talks with F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali.

They spoke at Portimao, 🤡during the first round of the 2023 MotoGP championship.

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"It's something that crossed Stefano's a⛦nd my minds,” Ezpeleta said.

“Although at the moment it can'🎐t be done. But we are studying the possibility.

"We are going to study🎶 it, because it is not something simple.&🐻nbsp;

“There are security problems, becau🍸se our measures in some caseꦐs do not match yours. There are also sponsor problems. But we keep thinking.”

Ezpeleta insisted these bold plans could not happen before 2027, because contracts have already be🅺en s🌳igned with circuits.

Clearly, the idea is ex﷽tremely complex from a logistical p🌼oint of view.

Even aside from the sponsor and security issues, how would a paddock host every Mot﷽oGP and F1 team simultaneously across one weekend?

And how could any track cope with the pressures of both cars and bikes? How would a race be affecte😼d by the previous race?

All this without even considering the current format where MotoGP holds a sprint race every Satur♍day…

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