Dorna Sports and the Circuit de Catalunya have agreed a contract renewal which will guarantee the presence of the Gran Premi de Catalunya on the MotoGP World Championship calendar for a further period of five years (2012-2016). Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna Sports, and Salvador Servià , General Director of the Circuit de Catalunya have signed [...]
The MotoGP has just opened its first official online store. The MotoGP.com store will sell all licensed MotoGP products, like hats, sweatshirts, backpacks, and books. The store went live today and can be accessed at store.motogp.com. “MotoGP fans all around the world have been looking forward to a comprehensive offer of official merchandising and the [...]
The MotoGP is on a constant quest to make the Motorcycle World Championship a truly global event. In 2011, the MotoGP will visit 13 countries on four continents, and soon, they could be making the trip to India. Formula One racing will make its debut in India this October, and according to Manuel Arroyo, the [...]
Rental company Hertz and MotoGP rights holders Dorna Sports have signed a year’s extension to their existing agreement, which began in 2010 and which will see Hertz continue to provide Dorna with a range of services throughout the 2011 season of the World Championship. After the relationship between the two companies was successfully developed throughout [...]
The Federation of Motorcycles in Portugal has just awarded Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta with the Medal of Motorcyclist Merit. The organization awarded Ezpeleta the Medal of Merit before the MotoGP took to the track in Portugal for the third round of the 2011 MotoGP season. “Our Federation and the Estoril Circuit are indebted to Carmelo [...]
Hiroshi Yasukawa has been appointed by Dorna Sports as an advisor to company CEO, Carmelo Ezpeleta. Yasukawa will bring a wealth of motorsport experience to the MotoGP rights holder and will provide his insight on the further development of the sport. A Bridgestone stalwart with a career that has already spanned four decades in motorsport, [...]
The MotoGP will be coming to Texas in 2013, and it will keep coming back for the following ten years. Dorna Sports has just signed a ten year contract that will bring the premier motorcycle racing series to Austin, Texas, starting in 2013. The Circuit of the Americas, a brand new circuit in Austin, Texas, [...]
Bridgestone, the official tire supplier of the MotoGP, has just signed a new deal with Dorna Sports that will keep it in its position for the next three years. Bridgestone will be the official tire supplier until at least 2014, and will help the MotoGP as it transitions to a 1000cc championship series. Under the [...]
In the wake of tragedy, the MotoGP has come out to state its support of Japan. The MotoGP has given the organizers of the Japan Grand Prix the opportunity to decide whether or not they will host the third round of the MotoGP season. Japan has just been devastated by a 8.9 magnitude earthquake, followed [...]
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