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Dorna CEO Speaks about New Road Racing Series in the US

Things may be set in motion in the US with Dorna Sports’ help as far as road racing is concerned. Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has been interviewed by Fox Sports in Indianapolis and he confirmed that his company, which is the MotoGP rights owner is working to develop a new racing scheme for the United States. No reference to the AMA was made, but it’s obvious that Dorna is aiming to take over and expand its operations in the areas which are sort of abandoned by the AMA.
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No details on the plans Dorna is developing have been revealed, but Ezpeleta mentioned that his company is “talking to the relevant people” and the name of 3-time 500GP champion Wayne Rainey was introduced in the discussion.

Ezpeleta also reminded that the premier class used to have a lot of successful American riders in the past, whereas the present championship only has 2. In fact, after the Indianapolis round, the MotoGP series only has one American, Nicky Hayden, who didn’t even take place in the past Sunday’s race due to recovering from surgery. The other US rider, 40-year-old Colin Edwards has just raced for the last time as a contracted rider for NGM Forward, as he decided in favor of an early retirement, and will be replaced by Alex De Angelis.

The discussion about the absence of American riders from the MotoGP is not at all new, but it looks like the US legislations regulating the age of children prior to being allowed into racing bodies is one of the biggest impediments. Spain and Italy, which noticeably have the most prominent representation in all the classes have a much more permissive law allowing to recruit, train and enter children in progressive racing series, until some of them eventually make it into the premier class.

Marc Marquez is probably the best example for how efficient the racing school and environment in Spain is, as he became the youngest MotoGP champion ever at only 20 years, and has since won all the 10 races in the 2014 championship.

Is the US finally making a decisive more towards a reviriment of the young racing environment? It looks like they are, and if things develop the right way, we might just see the American making the MotoGP an even more spectacular show in a few years’ time.

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