MotoGP boss Ezpeleta believes F1's popularity boom can help motorcycle racing, but he reckons popularity is 'going in waves'. 'Recently, F1 was in trouble and we were the best of the best.'
"At the show level, F1 is number one in the motorsport spectrum," Ezpeleta said in an exclusive interview."That F1 is popular helps us a lot. It is true that they have grown a lot lately, and I don't think it is exclusively due to Drive to Survive, although it has clearly helped.
One of MotoGP's integral changes for 2023 which shares similarities to F1 is the introduction of sprint races run on Saturdays during grand prix events.F1 debuted its sprint races in 2021, initially running three per season before expanding to six from next year, while MotoGP will hold sprint races at every round when it introduces the format in 2023.
"From the first moment we were clear that they should be incorporated into all the races," he explained."If your reason for it being [introduced] is to give a boost to the activity on Saturdays, you have to standardise it.
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