MotoGP has “a lot of work to do” in the USA, with hopes of running a second GP in the States described as a “long way out” by MotoGP’s Sporting Director, Carlos Ezpeleta.
Ezpeleta is aware that the series must do more to grow in the world’s biggest economy. New owners, Liberty Media, have expanded Formula One’s presence in the country to three races, with the Las Vegas GP now the series’ flagship event.
While Ezpeleta acknowledges there should be fewer races in Spain and Italy in future years, MotoGP is by no means close to securing a second U.S. GP.
“In respect to the U.S., right now there is only one track in the whole country that is homologated for MotoGP use,” Ezpeleta told assembled media in Thailand. “I think we have a lot of work to do. Expanding our footprint in the U.S. will be interesting. We are speaking to a number of possibilities for tracks, but again, it is a long way out.
“We have 22 events. We will not have more than 22 events, and we do have space because we are over-indexed in Spain and over-indexed in Europe in general, but at one point, you have to start speaking about very important tracks. We have to see how things develop.” CN
