MotoGP Set for F1 Showcase at the United States GP
Four MotoGP bikes will run at the United States Grand Prix, giving 400,000 expected fans a rare look at machines capable of 225 mph.
- On Saturday, October 24, MotoGP bikes will perform a high-speed demonstration run at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, providing Formula 1 fans a rare look at the machines in action.
- Liberty Media, which acquired the racing series for $4.2 billion, organized the showcase to attract new audiences to MotoGP, with 400,000 fans expected to attend COTA this weekend.
- MotoGP Hall of Fame inductee Dani Pedrosa will pilot a KTM, joined by WorldSBK World Champion Nicolo Bulega on a Ducati, alongside test riders Andrea Dovizioso and Lorenzo Savadori.
- Bulega, who will switch to MotoGP next season with the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team, called the event "a fantastic opportunity" to showcase the sport's speed to a global audience.
- This crossover is likely the first of future joint events while the current MotoGP grid competes in Australia, allowing fans to experience the performance of these unique machines firsthand.
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This weekend, MotoGP and Formula 1 will converge on the same stage, the F1 US Grand Prix. Austin will host an exhibition in which the protagonists for a few hours will be the two-wheel drivers, with great names present at the event.In total there will be four pilots in charge of bringing the most powerful motorcycles of the category queen to the Circuit of the Americas (COTA), where so many times MotoGP tests have been held, although on this occ…
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motors-addictThe rapprochement between Formula 1 and the MotoGP will see a first concrete illustration this weekend at the U.S. Grand Prix. Now owner of the two championships, Liberty Media intends to take advantage of the huge popularity of the F1 to increase the visibility of the MotoGP, particularly in the U.S. market. Several well-known drivers will carry out demonstration tours on the Circuit of the Americas, in front of an audience expected to more tha…
Liberty Media will hold the first joint event for Formula 1 and MotoGP, the two championships it owns, during this weekend's US Grand Prix in Austin.
The three-time world champion will climb on the KTM RC16 during the US F1 GP. Four MotoGPs on track for an unreleased show in front of over 400,000 spectators expected this weekend
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