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Fingers crossed that the Kazakhstan GP is on. MotoGP should grow in both Asia and the Americas.

India needs a State or a wealth individual to drive through the red tape, and make MotoGP happen there on a regular basis.

I can't see how that isn't a profitable event, and why the manufacturers are resting on their laurels. The potential market is enormous.
 
Whether or not it happens, the Kazakhstan GP is questionable, imo. It's another unstable country with a recent history of clashes between Russia and the West. Security is less than ideal. I'd prefer that MotoGP riders and teams were not used as pawns in a geopolitical pageant. Who knows what faction is organizing and financing this event.
 
I honestly hate the Buddh Circuit in India. I was extremely disappointed when GP went there last season. I hated it in the days when they hosted F1 and my feelings haven't changed one bit. It's a Herman Tilke special. Bland, uninspiring, and absolutely devoid of any real character. I suspect Kazakhstan will be no different if the race actually materializes. I'm still waiting for an announcement that they are going back to Spa Francorchamps in Belgium. Spa upgraded for motorcycle racing. It's the greatest track on the planet. GP needs to go there.
 
With Liberty media acquiring Dorna and MotoGP, the races will be held where the potential market is, not where you have the best tracks, imo.

Central Asia is a gaping hole in the calendar, and with the loss of Argentina and South Africa, the owners of the series would want to plug those holes, I'd imagine
 
I think they need to focus on bigger media markets and where they can make the most money. North America could support 2 additional rounds, Japan could support an additional round, maybe even Australia could support and additional round.
 
Sennas_Caress said:
With Liberty media acquiring Dorna and MotoGP, the races will be held where the potential market is, not where you have the best tracks, imo.
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GP has an incredible history at Spa.

The old 8 mile circuit was last won by the late, great Barry Sheene the final time they ran there in 1977. I recall Barry saying that because it was a true high speed circuit, you had to keep one hand on the clutch in case you saw signs of blue smoke coming from the exhaust of whomever you were slipstreaming because it meant an engine seizure was imminent and you most definitely did not want to be behind a rider when that happened.
 
Hollywood said:
I think they need to focus on bigger media markets and where they can make the most money. North America could support 2 additional rounds, Japan could support an additional round, maybe even Australia could support and additional round.
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How many rounds can they do though? I think it fair to say every race is profitable, so in theory they could have 52 races and make even more money but what is the magic number?
I personally don't believe the riders need 2 weeks between races when the races are close together. But how many should there be and where should they be?

ETA: More money incoming should mean more money for the mechanics etc in the paddock as well. From my understanding a huge part of the issue is that Moto2/3 don't create enough income for the pit crews to do the work as a full time job, So I am not sure how they would get around that other than heavily subsidised wages for those teams.
 
Sennas_Caress said:
With Liberty media acquiring Dorna and MotoGP, the races will be held where the potential market is, not where you have the best tracks, imo.

Central Asia is a gaping hole in the calendar, and with the loss of Argentina and South Africa, the owners of the series would want to plug those holes, I'd imagine
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Kazakhstan, despite their superior potassium, is not a market for anything, and especially not motorcycles.
India is a huge market and I wouldn't be surprised if there will be an effort to race there again even though MotoGP has faced the same hurdles that F1 faced when they were racing there. I'm actually surprised there hasn't been an effort to return to China yet.
I think China is one of the first markets Liberty will be targeting aside from increasing the number of races in the Americas.
p4p1 said:
How many rounds can they do though? I think it fair to say every race is profitable, so in theory they could have 52 races and make even more money but what is the magic number?
I personally don't believe the riders need 2 weeks between races when the races are close together. But how many should there be and where should they be?
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To me, 20 is about the right number for MotoGP, F1 and IndyCar. I have little doubt Liberty will drop some venues, especially on the Iberian peninsula.
JPSLotus said:
I'm still waiting for an announcement that they are going back to Spa Francorchamps in Belgium. Spa upgraded for motorcycle racing. It's the greatest track on the planet. GP needs to go there.
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I hope not. There's no way Spa can be safe enough for modern-day GP racing. Imagine the race leader crashes in raidillon on lap one...
 
Yes, I don't think Kazakhstan will be the country plugging in the Central Asia hole, that should be India.

It might be used as a way to circumvent Russia proper, and still draw in that money.

China, Brazil/Argentina/Chile and one more race in North America would be my guess before another European round would be considered.

I can't see Spa being deemed safe enough unless you have a very big development in safety at the circuits.

I like the idea of rotating venues on the Iberian peninsula. All tracks, except the Valencia one, has something going for it. At least for me. Three races there would suffice though.
 
Finland also had a failed attempt to get MotoGP, the track was built but not the infrastructure around it. Money appears to of been the problem and Covid didn't help
 
I believe that I read somewhere that the Finnish Grand Prix was the causality of the war in Ukraine + covid, as it was built on the plan that the vicinity to Russia would attract customers.

First covid stalled the activities, then the war.

Would have been fun to have a race in the north, although neither Assen nor the UK is too far away. Sachsenring as well is only a quick drive down the autobahn.
 
Good that MotoGP hasn't dropped India. Motorcycle racing should go there, they have plenty more two than four wheels, and deserve to be included.
 
I'm highly doubtful the race will return in '25.
Motorsport.com says financial reasons caused the cancelation, the promoter says it was the weather.
One thing kinda sounds more likely than the other.
 

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