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

Carm🌠elo Ezpeleta, chief of Dorna who run MotoGP, spoke to to co🌟nfirm 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 and mꦚy minds,” Ezpele💦ta said.

“Although at the moment it can't be done. But w♋e are stuꦅdying the possibility.

"We are going to study it, because i𓃲t is not something simple. 

“There are security problems, because our measures in some cases dওo not match yours. There are also sponsor problems. But we keep thinking.”

Ezpeleta insisted these bold💃 pl🌃ans could not happen before 2027, because contracts have already been signed with circuits.

Clearly, the idea iཧs extremely ܫcomplex from a logistical point of view.

Even aside from the sponsor and security issues, how would a paddock host every ❀MotoGP and F1 team ಞsimultaneously across one weekend?

And how could any track cope wit🍸h the pressures of b♕oth cars and bikes? How would a race be affected by the previous race?

All this withoutﷺ even considering the current format where MotoGP holds a sprint rac♕e every Saturday…

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