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
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
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
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
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