Another spanish Moto Gp round

[Allyc85]

Spain will host four MotoGP races in the 2010 season after the cancellation of the Hungarian Grand Prix, it was announced on Thursday.
FIM, motorcycling's ruling body, said the Hungarian race will not take place as expected as the the construction work of the Balatonring circuit will not be finished on time.
The Hungarian round will be replaced by a race at the Motorland Aragon circuit, which was a reserve when the 2010 calendar was announced.
The circuit joins Jerez, Valencia and Barcelona as the fourth Spanish track on the calendar.
Hungary was originally scheduled to be on the calendar last year, but it requested the grand prix to be rescheduled for 2010.
The Motorland Aragon round will take place on September 19.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82220

Why do we need so many, isnt Moto Gp meant to be a world chamionship? There must be more counties that would love to host a race? :rolleyes: :confused:

[jonny hurlock]

Spain will host four MotoGP races in the 2010 season after the cancellation of the Hungarian Grand Prix, it was announced on Thursday.
FIM, motorcycling's ruling body, said the Hungarian race will not take place as expected as the the construction work of the Balatonring circuit will not be finished on time.
The Hungarian round will be replaced by a race at the Motorland Aragon circuit, which was a reserve when the 2010 calendar was announced.
The circuit joins Jerez, Valencia and Barcelona as the fourth Spanish track on the calendar.
Hungary was originally scheduled to be on the calendar last year, but it requested the grand prix to be rescheduled for 2010.
The Motorland Aragon round will take place on September 19.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82220

Why do we need so many, isnt Moto Gp meant to be a world chamionship? There must be more counties that would love to host a race? :rolleyes: :confused:

doesn't matter how many rounds are in spain, I do think that they shouldn't even go back to hungary for 2011 at all if they can't be ready at all

[AndyRAC]

Sorry, but MotoGP is turning into a joke.

It's meant to be a World Championship - not a Meditterenean Championship - 4 rounds in Spain, 2 in Italy......

[ShiftingGears]

It's pretty ridiculous that 3 countries host almost half of the grands prix in the calendar.

[Rod Richardson]

1 Valentino Rossi.......Fiat Yamaha Team1:55.402--64
2 Casey Stoner.........Ducati Marlboro Team1:55.717+0.315+0.31548
3 Ben Spies...............Monster Yamaha Tech 31:55.954+0.237+0.55244
4 Colin Edwards........Monster Yamaha Tech 31:56.540+0.586+1.13859
5 Randy De PunietL...LCR Honda MotoGP1:56.588+0.048+1.18654
6 Andrea Dovizioso....Repsol Honda Team1:56.811+0.223+1.40965
7 Jorge Lorenzo.........Fiat Yamaha Team1:56.838+0.027+1.43645
8 Nicky Hayden .........Ducati Marlboro Team1:56.855+0.017+1.45377
9 Mika Kallio ..............Pramac Racing Team1:56.923+0.068+1.52172
10 Dani Pedrosa .......Repsol Honda Team1:57.047+0.124+1.64560
11 Loris Capirossi .....Rizla Suzuki MotoGP1:57.099+0.052+1.69740
12 Marco Melandri ....San Carlo Honda Gresini1:57.605+0.506+2.20363
13Hector Barbera......Aspar Team1:57.822+0.217+2.42062
14Hiroshi Aoyama.... Interwetten-Honda MotoGP1:57.888+0.066+2.48675
15 Marco Simoncelli ..San Carlo Honda Gresini1:57.891+0.003+2.48963
16 Aleix Espargaro... Pramac Racing Team1:57.898+0.007+2.49667
17 Alvaro Bautista ....Rizla Suzuki MotoGP1:57.960+0.062+2.55856

[TheFamousEccles]

I knew I loved Spain for a good reason; a day at the '07 MotoGP at Catalunya was a taster, and now four races in one season just clinches it! I'm packing my bags ;)

[Rod Richardson]

At least the Spaniards stepped up to the plate when others didn't....Credit where it's due! Who gives a rodent's rectum where they race as long as they do.

[axxexs]

If the GP classes is with 25% Spanish riders in it they can also have 25% of the races in Spain!! :P The Spanninsh world championship..

This is probebly one more way of Espelata to get him more money in a short time.

[Corny]

I can not believe this :( What a fools, Dorna!

[ShiftingGears]

At least the track is alright. Bar that stupid chicane on the backstraight.

[Wim_Impreza]

I can not believe this :( What a fools, Dorna!

You are seriously still following MotoGP? :p

60 % of the riders field in MotoGP is already Spain and Italian.

[Corny]

And probably 90% from 4 countries: USA, Australia, Italy and Spain...

For sure you have a point here Wim, it's something that irritates me on this championship. I checked the Moto2 list this week for the first time, that looks a lot more promising! We can speak of a true world championship in Moto2

[AndyRAC]

You are seriously still following MotoGP? :p

60 % of the riders field in MotoGP is already Spain and Italian.

I guess most of the sponsors are as well.

Seem to rmemeber Bradley Smith riding a Spanish team's bike and nearly all his sponsors were Spanish. Where are all the British ones?

Maybe Dorna are doing it right - maybe there should be 4 Finnish rounds in the WRC.......

[The Phantom]

Why such angst over multiple Spanish and Italian rounds?

They have the money and the public support to be able to do it, and it's fantastic for the Euro riders to have opportunities to ride at home. I imagine that the Italian and Spanish equivalents of our website would have ten times the members we have, and the positive buzz there right now would be incredible. Put simply, those two countries are where the level of enthusiasm for bikes and bike racing is such that we'd all feel like we lived in biking heaven if we could have it in our own countries. It permeates their culture at every level - it's not just a subculture, and yes even the UK and Australia, serious major markets for all of the manufacturers, are still subcultures in the general populace.

There are plenty of countries where moto enthusiasts would love to have a race, but how big are those moto markets? How much support for racing is there from business and government? Eastern Creek was built with New South Wales state government money - $50 million from memory. The government built the track specifically to take the 500GP away from Phillip Island in rival state Victoria i.e. it was built from the ground up as a bike racetrack - not an upgraded local race circuit, not an F1 circuit pressed into service for bike racing... unless that sort of thing is happening in your own country, you're just not going to get a foot in the door at this level.

Also of value is a healthy local series that can both produce riders capable of going to world level, and generate a fanbase to make bringing the circus to town a financially viable proposition. Which is another point worth considering - this whole thing is at the end of the day a business, worth vast amounts of money to all concerned. Decisions are made with an eye on the return, not the wishes of the punters.

I'm personally quite happy about the decision, because I get to see MotoGP on a totally new track - that isn't a sterile souless F1 track - and that doesn't happen very often.

[Wim_Impreza]

And probably 90% from 4 countries: USA, Australia, Italy and Spain...

For sure you have a point here Wim, it's something that irritates me on this championship. I checked the Moto2 list this week for the first time, that looks a lot more promising! We can speak of a true world championship in Moto2

Indeed, the Moto2 list is great. The problem is that we don't see a single second on TV or with luck a very little on RTL / CarChannel (you) and VT4 (me). Moto2 will be awesome, but we can't see and following it on TV. :( Only the Stoner-Rossi-Lorenzo show, each time again...

@ The Phantom: I watched in November last year two races at the Aragon circuit by the World Series of Renault. It is difficult to overtake and there isn't gravel aside of the circuit, almost only tarmac. It is a Tilke circuit which says it all.