Dorna CEO Debrief: the most crucial aspects

On the 29th of April, Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta sat down with motogp.com to communicate about the most contemporary on where the 2020 MotoGP™ World Championship stands. Beneath are the most crucial aspects from what Ezpeleta acknowledged, including a focused start date at the tip of July.

1. A doable start date

“Our notion immediately will be to begin at the tip of July. Where and when are quiet to be made up our minds. We’re obvious our preliminary program is to begin in Europe and stride from the tip of July till November and survey what’s occurring and if the non-European races will doubtless be that you simply may well perchance perchance imagine after November. In the worst case, if it’s no longer that you simply may well perchance perchance imagine to whisk start air of Europe, we’ll no longer no longer as much as bewitch a championship of least 10 to 12 races between the tip of July and the tip of November.”

2. The major Grands Prix to be cancelled, no longer simply postponed

“This day (April 29th) we equipped the cancellation of the three Grands Prix; Germany, Assen and Finland. The reason being because we’re taking into consideration the likelihood to begin in July nonetheless the train is with the train and authorities this will moreover moreover be sophisticated to total with spectators, so any of those Grands Prix without spectators is amazingly sophisticated to total. It’s for that reason that we’ve made up our minds with the three local promoters and to pass onto subsequent year with those three, as a change of striking them on a brand contemporary date.

“Right here is the train. This coronavirus train is something we’ve by no come viewed and so, unfortunately, it’s no longer a likelihood. The authorities of the Netherlands enjoy forbidden events till the tip of August and so it’s entirely no longer doable. After that in Assen, this will moreover moreover be sophisticated to organise a Immense Prix and more sophisticated as soon as more without spectators.”

3. Conversations with riders and groups

“We enjoy got common contact. Two weeks within the past we had a meeting with the total producers collectively and we made up our minds the technical train for 2020 and 2021 for the three categories. Then I’m talking in most cases with all individuals about our plans for the discontinuance to future. We’re doing that. A pair of of the riders name me and I’m contented to communicate about the train with them. I have to bid that all individuals is wholesome and looking ahead to starting as soon as that you simply may well perchance perchance imagine. They have in mind that the train is assorted and all individuals’s contented to try to begin as soon as we can, nonetheless in a stable manner. The major program we’re thinking of the likelihood to transfer by vehicle if mandatory nonetheless I deem that by July, with many safety measures, this will moreover moreover be that you simply may well perchance perchance imagine to flit interior Europe.”

4. A pair of races at the identical venue?

“We’re pondering that. To total per chance – no longer within the center of the identical stride weekend – doing two consecutive stride weekends at the identical circuit.”

5. Covid-19 testing protocol at the circuits

“We’re working simply on the 10,00 coronavirus tests which we agreed with Bridgepoint. Then what we’re doing is to try to create a protocol, which is the fashion we’re working interior Dorna now to survey how the races may well perchance moreover be without spectators and with a puny series of of us working within the paddock which may well perchance give assorted eventualities relating to transportation, lodging, hospitality. Then all individuals will doubtless be examined sooner than leaving their house, then examined when they come at the circuit and likewise when they return home. Right here is the belief. We’re working with but one more firm which belongs to Bridgepoint to create these 10,000 tests.”

6. Preference of paddock personnel attending races in 2020

“We talked to the groups and arrived at a consensus that most number for a MotoGP producer team will doubtless be 40, for satellite or self sustaining groups will doubtless be 25, 20 for Moto2 and 15 for Moto3. Then there will doubtless be, surely, the total of us that build the tv signal; all this crew, then the minimum series of of us from Dorna who are in label of stride organisation. This may well perchance moreover give us an average of spherical 1600 of us. Right here’s a likelihood to manage the MotoGP household. Sadly for the time being will doubtless be no media and no TV. Presumably, nonetheless no longer obvious, per chance some photographers to produce images to all individuals.”

7. Very few cases of Covid-19 within the MotoGP™ neighborhood

“We’re very busy nonetheless very contented to try to total that. The most exciting part is to try to preserve the train below regulate. We’re also extraordinarily contented because there had been very few cases of Coronavirus within the MotoGP household and all of them, as much as now, had been resolved properly. Right here is the largest part.”

8. A message to the followers

Our major part is to preserve our fabulous numbers relating to the hobby in MotoGP spherical the sector. Sadly this year it seems this will no longer change within the center of the season. This will be sophisticated to enjoy spectators at the races nonetheless we may well perchance well enjoy our fabulous television protection which may well perchance permit the majority of of us to survey the races.

“My message is that we’ll create obvious to come support and we’ll be support stronger from this train. We’re no longer working simply on 2020 nonetheless on 2021 and former and we’re making an attempt to preserve the races, which is the largest part.”