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Dorna Announces MotoGP
Financial Aid Package
M
otoGP commercial
rights holder Dorna has
announced a $9,700,000
financial aid package to help
bolster team finances in
MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3
during the coronavirus pan-
demic.
With no racing in the pre-
mier MotoGP class and only
one race carried out in the
Moto2 and Moto3 classes,
teams are missing out on
the vital sponsor revenue
dollars required to pay rid-
ers and staff. Currently, 11
teams compete in MotoGP.
This is split into the five main
manufacturer (Factory) outfits:
Yamaha, Honda, Ducati, Suzuki,
KTM.
There are another six Inde-
pendent teams—Petronas SRT
Yamaha, Pramac Ducati, Avintia
Ducati, Tech3 KTM and Gresini
Aprilia. Gresini is the factory arm
of Aprilia, but has run in conjunc-
tion with Fausto Gresini's squad
since 2015. This is a clever
way of benefitting the financial
boost satellite teams gain from
the promoter as written into the
regulations.
KTM also qualifies for Dorna's
financial boost because it falls
under the name of concession
manufacturer, meaning it's either
a new manufacturer or it hasn't
won a dry race since 2013—
which was before KTM made its
MotoGP debut.
Dorna will pay each Indepen-
dent team 250,000 ($270,000),
totaling 4.5m ($4,860,000) until
June 2020.
The full factory outfits of
Monster Energy Yamaha, Repsol
Honda, Ecstar Suzuki, Red Bull
KTM and Mission Winnow Duca-
ti, are excluded from Dorna's
payout, as Dorna believes they
are in a better financial position
to support themselves, although
this may change in the coming
weeks.
As for the Moto2 and Moto3
series teams, Dorna will pay out
775,000 ($836,700) for all of
its Moto3 teams and 750,000
($809,700) for its Moto2 squads,
which is divided up as 25,000
($26,900) per rider per team,
with the total payout for Moto2
and Moto3 equaling 4.575m
($4,939,000).
There has been no confirmed
date as to when the 2020 Mo-
toGP Championship will start. It
is becoming increasingly unlikely
the Italian MotoGP at Mugello on
May 31 will signal the start of the
season, with the Circuit de Bar-
celona Catalunya one week after
Mugello now being touted as a
possible season opener. CN
Dorna has enacted a
MotoGP coronavirus aid
package to help keep teams
afloat during the pandemic.
