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75 years: #MotoGP celebrates throughout 2024! 🏁 #sports #sportsmanagement #sportsnews #sportsbusiness #sportsjournalism #sportsmedia #sportssponsorship #sportsentertainment #indian #motorsports

Audiences booming in motorsport 💥 💣 🏍🇵🇹 MotoGP- Portuguese GP grows 41% compared to 2023 and 130.57% as compared to 2022. 📊Audiences of 75.9k in 2022; 123.61k in 2023; and 175k in 2024. 🏎🇦🇺 Formula 1 attracted 452,055 spectators to the four-day race weekend at Albert Park which translates in a 1.67% growth as compared to 2023 and 7.86% as compared to 2022. 📊Audiences of 419.11k in 2022; 444.63k in 2023; and 452.06k in 2024. The future looks good ✅

10 things we learned from the 2024 F1 Japanese Grand Prix - https://lnkd.in/gnw3MNtT Was the final result of the Japanese Grand Prix predictable? Ultimately, yes, but how this year's Formula 1 race at Suzuka unravelled wasn't entirely typical thanks to the variance in strategies across the field. Max Verstappen chalked up a third win as he embarks upon a seemingly inevitable march towards a fourth title, but the action behind proved intriguing as pitstops defined the cut-and-thrust of the weekend's action. With a little over six months between last year's race in Japan and this year's round, it was a prime opportunity to determine the progress made from the end of 2023. Among the other stories, there was also a successful homecoming, ever-escalating repair bills in one corner of the field, and discussions over a previous favourite returning to the grid. Here are the key things that we learned from this year's Japanese GP weekend. 1. Verstappen barely broke a sweat as Red Bull reclaimed form Three wins from four and this time Verstappen made it look easy Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images 'Just' 12 seconds separated Verstappen and Sergio Perez at the chequered flag at Suzuka. After an off weekend in Australia, the Milton Keynes squad resumed its stranglehold over the 2024 order with a controlled race at powertrain supplier Honda's home race. Both drivers sang from the same strategic hymn sheet too, opting to open the race with two medium-tyre stints before bringing it home on the hard tyres. Although tyre wear was high, both drivers managed their races well. Perez admitted that he'd perhaps over-consumed tyre life in the opening pair of stints on the yellow-walled tyre, but this did not prove too detrimental to his fortunes over the course of the race. After dropping the ball in Australia as Red Bull struggled to contend with the higher level of graining prevalent throughout, an out-and-out degradation race continues to be the team's bread and butter. The only minor moment of conflict, if you can generously call it as such, was Verstappen's note on the radio about front-wing level. Race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase had suggested that carrying less front wing would help his RB20 counter oversteer when the fuel started to burn off, but Verstappen wanted more wing dialled in at the start. The championship leader then conceded that he might have been off in his estimations - Lambiase dryly replying that “I won't say I told you so, but understood.". “We had, not an argument, but he said, ‘are you sure you want to do this?’ I was pretty sure and it turned out to be wrong!” Verstappen revealed after the race. “But he was right.” 2. There's merit to strategic variance as tactical battle ensues Leclerc made a one-stop plan work to climb the order Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images High levels of tyre degradation at the technical S

MotoGP Sprint Championship Wins by Martin of Australia #news #sports #sportsnews #MotoGPSprintChampionship #MotoGP #Australia #Martin #motogp2024 #motogphighlights #motogpracing #motogprace #MotoGPSprintrace #MotoGPSprinthighlights #MotoGPSprintraceupdate #motogpspeed #MotoGPSprint #motogpvideos #motogpnewrace #Motogpnews #motogpstreetrace

MOTORSPORT MONDAY🏎️ —————————————————————— Welcome to this week’s post! Today I wanted to shortly outline which sports belong to which Federations/Governing bodies. Knowing this will allow you as a spectator/fan to understand the regulatory side of the sport better and to follow along with the behind-the-scenes work and how/why certain decisions are made. So if you follow any motorsports or would like to start, you can find the main* types of sports below, under their respective Federation/Governing body (*not exhaustive lists). 🏎️ FIA-Fédération Internaitonale d’Automobile: -Forumla 1, 2, 3 -F1 Academy -Formula E -Rally -Karting -Endurance Championships 🏍️ FIM- Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme: -Circuit Racing (Including MotoGp and Women’s World Championship) -Motocross -Supercross -SuperMoto -Enduro (Including winter sports-yes winter motorsports!) -Track Racing (Including Speedway-Polish dominant sport!) 🏎️ INDYCAR (Auto racing sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing): -Indycar: recognized as a member organization of the FIA through the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States BUT sanctioned by INDYCAR 🚗 NASCAR-National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing: -NASCAR ❓❔Which sport do you follow and which one would you like to start following more? I follow Formula 1, 2, 3, IndyCar, Speedway and some Endurance Championships the most! I would like to pay closer attention to MotoGP and Nascar! 💬If you would like to mention any additional comments/questions please feel free to do so below, we would love to chat some more! Until next Motorsport Monday🏎️! ——————————————————————— #motorsport #sportslaw #fia #fim #indycar #nascar

Putting the rest of the MotoGP puzzle together. In what has been undoubtedly the most manic rider market in perhaps even the history of MotoGP, there are still a handful of spots left to fill. These seats are namely at Trackhouse Aprilia, LCR Honda and Pramac (who make the switch to Yamaha). Though it is yet to be officially, announced, Fermin Aledguir is a Gresini rider in all but confirmation. While Miguel Oliveira seems to be the odds-on bet for the lead seat at Pramac, there isn’t a clear indicator of who will partner the Portuguese rider. It was speculated that either Alonso Lopez or Sergio Garcia could make the step up from Moto2. Both riders have had strong Moto2 campaigns thus far. There have been flashes of brilliance from Lopez, whilst Garcia has been the dark horse of Moto2 this year, the Spaniard currently a top the Moto2 standings. However, it has been reported by Motorsport.com’s Dutch site that the title sponsor of Pramac, Prima, wants neither Lopez nor Garcia on their bikes next season. This is reportedly due to the company wanting an Italian rider to fill at least one of the vacant spots. Tony Arbolino’s name has been thrown into the ring as a potential candidate for stepping onto the satellite Yamaha next year. Despite a difficult season, that has yielded the best of a 6th thus far, the Italian may have to find an increase in form to get his name on the dotted line. Another struggling rider in potential contention for the second Pramac seat is Jack Miller. The four-time race winner has had a bruising second season in orange, so much so that he was dropped in favour of rookie Acosta before the midway point of the year. Though Miller had previously stated that he hadn’t had a single offer, it was rumoured that Ducati had offered him Alvaro Bautista’s World Superbike seat. With still no confirmation of plans for next year from Bautista, a return to red could be an option for the Australian. Remy Gardner has also been linked to moving into the Pramac outfit, in what would be a return to the GP paddock. The Australian has been looking like the strongest Yamaha rider in World Superbikes this season, stepping onto the podium back in Assen. Gardner has made two GP appearances already this season, filling in for Alex Rins in Germany before taking over an injured Cal Crutchlow’s spot at the British GP. So, with at least some experience of the M1, Gardner could be a solid option for a second rider. It’s not just Pramac that has a spot that needs filling, as Trackhouse Aprilia are still searching for a rider to partner Raul Fernandez next season. After a pretty stellar start to his campaign, the smart money would have been on American Joe Roberts, seeing that it is an American-owned team...... https://lnkd.in/emetN2r8

Formula1 Vs MotoGP. A Team Oriented versus a Star Oriented championship.   In search of the formula for success.   Formula 1 and MotoGP represent the best of motorsport on 2 and 4 wheels. With 24 and 21 race weekends respectively, the two championships are a traveling promotional platform that over the course of 10 months touch some of the world’s most important markets. There are no other leagues comparable in geographical impact and frequency of events. Only the Olympics and World Cup enjoy the same prestige but the frequency is four years while the Champions Cup is a European phenomenon. What are the main differences between the two championships? The show. The two championships are profoundly different, offering a show at the antipodes in terms of the nature of the vehicles, the length of the races, and the simplicity (or complication in the case of F1) of the racing. The 45 minutes duration of MotoGP is ideal for keeping the audience’s attention high. The number and quality of overtakes ensure high tension at each event. The introduction of the sprint race on Saturday further enhanced these features by making MotoGP, if possible, even more engaging by producing content-rich weekends making the most of a potentially less interesting day. But there is more. And what is going to happen in the coming years…Aerodynamics in MotoGP and Tire Changes in Formula 1, are we really sure we need them? 👇 https://lnkd.in/ef4qUgsd #MotoGP #Formula1 #professionals

MotoGP World Championship calendar shakes up: it will start at the Thailand GP in 2025 and 2026 | Motorcycling | Sports MotoGP continues to shake up its calendar and the World Championship will start next year at the Buriram circuit in Thailand. It will be the first time that it will do so in Southeast Asia in the 21st century. The last time MotoGP started in the region was in Malaysia, still under the old 500cc name. This return replaces the Qatar night, an unmissable opening event since 2007 with the only exception of 2023, when works on the Lusail circuit forced the start of the championship to be moved to Portugal. The first Grand Prix of 2025 is scheduled for March 2. “As soon as Buriram joined the calendar, it became one of our favourite circuits. It’s easy to see why – it’s a fantastic place to enjoy MotoGP, with a layout designed to showcase compact racing, as demonstrated by last year’s spectacle,” explains Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta on the choice of the Thai track. “Southeast Asia is one of our most important markets, both for the sport and for factories and sponsors,” he adds. Since its introduction to the series in 2018, more than 800,000 fans have flocked to the Buriram International Circuit over four editions of the event. The dates of Ramadan in 2025 – from February 28 to March 29 – and 2026 – from February 17 to March 18 – have affected the usual planning of recent years and forced a rethinking of the initial part of the championship, which will probably include another date in the region. For now, the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) has not officially announced any other dates for the competition for the next season, and it is expected that the provisional calendar will arrive later during the current campaign. The Buriram circuit made its debut on the calendar in 2018 with Marc Márquez winning after a nice, tight duel with Andrea Dovizioso. The following year, the Thai track was the scene of the Spaniard’s eighth world title. The pandemic forced MotoGP activity to stop in Thailand until 2022, when the event returned with a victory for Miguel Oliveira in a downpour. Last year, Jorge Martín was the winner of the round located in the northeast of the country, which will once again welcome the riders on October 27 for the penultimate grand prix of the season. This change of venue for the initial stop of the World Championship comes after a 2024 plagued by logistical setbacks for MotoGP. In total, the promoter has announced six changes to the initial calendar of the championship after having announced the longest season in history with 22 stops. The cancellation of the Argentine GP due to Javier Milei’s policy of cuts was the first setback of the season, and then came the mess of postponements of Kazakhstan and India. Finally, the cancellation of both Grand Prix has forced a double stop to be scheduled in Misano in September to safeguard the minimum commitments with commercial partners and to hold 20 races. ...

10 things we learned from the 2024 F1 Japanese Grand Prix - https://lnkd.in/gnw3MNtT Was the final result of the Japanese Grand Prix predictable? Ultimately, yes, but how this year's Formula 1 race at Suzuka unravelled wasn't entirely typical thanks to the variance in strategies across the field. Max Verstappen chalked up a third win as he embarks upon a seemingly inevitable march towards a fourth title, but the action behind proved intriguing as pitstops defined the cut-and-thrust of the weekend's action. With a little over six months between last year's race in Japan and this year's round, it was a prime opportunity to determine the progress made from the end of 2023. Among the other stories, there was also a successful homecoming, ever-escalating repair bills in one corner of the field, and discussions over a previous favourite returning to the grid. Here are the key things that we learned from this year's Japanese GP weekend. 1. Verstappen barely broke a sweat as Red Bull reclaimed form Three wins from four and this time Verstappen made it look easy Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images 'Just' 12 seconds separated Verstappen and Sergio Perez at the chequered flag at Suzuka. After an off weekend in Australia, the Milton Keynes squad resumed its stranglehold over the 2024 order with a controlled race at powertrain supplier Honda's home race. Both drivers sang from the same strategic hymn sheet too, opting to open the race with two medium-tyre stints before bringing it home on the hard tyres. Although tyre wear was high, both drivers managed their races well. Perez admitted that he'd perhaps over-consumed tyre life in the opening pair of stints on the yellow-walled tyre, but this did not prove too detrimental to his fortunes over the course of the race. After dropping the ball in Australia as Red Bull struggled to contend with the higher level of graining prevalent throughout, an out-and-out degradation race continues to be the team's bread and butter. The only minor moment of conflict, if you can generously call it as such, was Verstappen's note on the radio about front-wing level. Race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase had suggested that carrying less front wing would help his RB20 counter oversteer when the fuel started to burn off, but Verstappen wanted more wing dialled in at the start. The championship leader then conceded that he might have been off in his estimations - Lambiase dryly replying that “I won't say I told you so, but understood.". “We had, not an argument, but he said, ‘are you sure you want to do this?’ I was pretty sure and it turned out to be wrong!” Verstappen revealed after the race. “But he was right.” 2. There's merit to strategic variance as tactical battle ensues Leclerc made a one-stop plan work to climb the order Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images High levels of tyre degradation at the technical S

If pre-season tests and the off-track drama at RedBull Racing are anything to go by, the 2024 F1 season is set to be an epic. While Max Verstappen and RBR have been a dominant force in the previous few seasons, things are not looking really optimistic with what's going down at RedBull. If that wasn't enough, we have Ferrari and Mercedes coming up strong. If RedBull were actually slow and not sandbagging during the test, we can have 24 incredible races. And yes, the 2024 F1 World Championship will feature 24 races, that will make it the longest ever season in a calendar year in the history of Formula One. With three races in the United States, two races in Italy, and even more races across the Middle-East, Asia and Europe, the 2024 season will be nothing short of excitment. Here's how, when and where you can watch the races: https://lnkd.in/g5c_yYYs #f1 #f12024 #formula1 #formulaone #scuderiaferrari #redbullracing #mercedesamgf1 #maxverstappen #charlesleclerc #lewishamilton