VOL. 50 ISSUE 26 JULY 2, 2013
Dorna is hoping
to reduce the
costs necessary to
participate in World
Superbike, which in
turn should make sure
the grid is filled.
we are sure that we need to expand outside Europe. We need
to go to the countries where their
economies are growing and they
are able to pay us a good fee.
So, if they are able to pay us
these good fees, what we will do
is share this profit - to help these
teams come to these countries.
Also we want to go to these countries because the manufacturers
want to go there, because they
are not selling bikes in Europe.
They are selling them in Asia,
Indonesia, India… we are aware
that if we finally go to these countries then somehow we will have
to help these teams to logistics.
Also we are planning the calendar next year to make it easier
for teams. For example if we have
a race in Germany we do not put
the next race as Portimao, so
they do not have to cross Europe
P81
again and again. We are planning
how to manage this. Also with the
long hauls, we are working with
Qatar and if we are able to find an
agreement, finally, if we can start
in Australia – this is a must for
us and the circuit – we can then
continue with Qatar.
What things were just as you
expected and what were not
as you expected in World Superbike racing when you took
over?
The show is very good, but we
confirmed that the situation of
the championship was very bad.
But we are still learning in SBK
and after six races we are maybe
at 80 percent of the process of
learning really what is inside Superbike. Our idea was that this
year would be a completely transitional year to understand the
situation, but I think we were able
to understand the real situation
quite fast.
The recent FIM press release is general in its technical
terms at the moment, correct?
We have tried to, but the manufacturers really need this, because if they do not have this they
do not believe they can properly
develop their motorbikes. So it is
something that we have to leave
it open.
What about the Supersport
Championship?
We are happy with the existing
technical regulations of Supersport, but obviously we would like
to make some tuning also. We
did not start on Supersport because we want to finish the tech-
