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anything and nothing motorsport. sometimes old moto magazines ( #archive ). playlists: kick sauber, aprilla racing, ducati, ktm. text me whenever about whatever. born to love. world is a fuck. tralalala

[gromky]

r u kissing any 1 ?

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[moonshynecybin]

a brief history of the chess match over costs/PR/personnel between liberty/dorna and the factories (msma). as follows:

a new agreement for competition between the racing series and it’s manufacturers needs to be reached for 2027-2031. negotiations begin at the start of 2026

ahead of the 2027 season, dorna (now owned by liberty media) asks factory teams to expand their marketing efforts and hire more PR professionals. they also ask that teams keep a permanent replacement rider under contract in the event of injuries. another rumored request was that each team make a road safe replica bike to be paraded around for advertising purposes

the factory teams (msma) ask dorna for a percentage model of supplemental income instead of their current lump sum that they get from the championship each year

dorna says no

msma say no

stalemate

the factories sign every rider to their available seats in the space of like 3 weeks and refuse to announce any contract officially in a very nonthreatening game of chicken

dorna does not budge

the msma flies in a freshly retired lin jarvis to be a negotiation ringer as he has significant experience dealing with divas with delusions of grandeur. massimo rivola acts as president

they meet in cota

this picture drops:

as of now, motogp and its teams have been unable to attract any new major sponsors for their product. unsubstantiated rumors proliferate that liberty lowkey thinks they overpaid for motogp. they definitely did

dorna invites motogp teams, sponsors, and commercial partners to a dinner in jerez (the crown jewel race of the motogp season!!!!!) that includes president of liberty media derek chang

yamaha, aprilia, and ktm do not show. neither do ducati ceo claudio domenicali, gigi dall’igna, or any senior honda executives

dorna sets a hard deadline for the teams to agree to collective terms at le mans or they will move to negotiate with teams individually

carmelo ezpeleta, working with grand prix commission, eliminates wildcards from motogp running

le mans passes and nothing happens. more rider moves are made and none are officially announced

the teams ask that they be allowed to only run one bike at races to reduce costs because they are simply too poor without that extra money

TBC !!!

[kade-66]

[strawbunni-shortcake]

[sunnyeti]

MotoGP & The Major Arcana

[monaco1988]

There's something very perverse about our passion, really, because people are aware of it and use it as leverage. As I said last year and during the winter, when you're behind the wheel, when you're a Formula One driver, you need people to support you. The ones who get the most support are the most motivated. Ayrton was truly adored and that made him even stronger. And people know it, including the ones in charge of the sport. And what I reproach these people with the most is the lack of respect they have for the men and the drivers, because they know that whatever happens, the drivers will climb back into the car. That's what makes it so perverse.

Alain Prost interviewed in 1994 after the San Marino Grand Prix [x]

[bikefuckersoftheworldunite]

Brno 2005

— from ‘グランプリ・イラストレイテッド年鑑 | grand prix illustrated yearbook 2005’

scanned by @melatifosa <3

[moonshynecybin]

so when they roll out the official 850cc test in brno who exactly is going to be allowed to ride those bikes considering all the roster moves… like i can’t imagine yamaha is like sure fabio we’ll let u go ride for honda today no problem. but i also can’t imagine joan mir being thrilled to do it either considering they’re booting him from the factory squad so is it just gonna be taka or

[moonshynecybin]

thank you @kingofthering for the article link. so yeah like almost no one will be on these bikes i’m crying. just bez and marc doing laps together w some satellite riders and like. pol and dovi

[hairpinturnn]

the rest of the grid watching marcbez and the test riders skipping hand in hand around brno

[bikefuckersoftheworldunite]

Valentino Rossi is congratulated by his team after winning the race at Mugello, 2004

[valentin1k]

"from 9am to 4pm- that's it!" (x)

[feketeribizli]

my them #mythem

[lalikeslichto]

[ef-1]

Q: Worst thing about F1 drivers?

Toto: Worst part is that they are little traumatised kids that were left in a Go Kart in the rain and were sent out to… kind of drive around fearful and so you have to manage and cope with a lot of psyche.

I hate it here

[jellie-sto-helit]

miss them hours 💔

[kingofthering]

COTA 2026 | Marco Bezzecchi with the little dance on his bike to celebrate his race win.