Durante la conferenza stampa di apertura della stagione 2024 del campionato del mondo MXGP. il CEO David Luongo ha affrontato molteplici argomenti. I passaggi più interessanti sono stati dedicati ai numeri globali di spettatori dello scorso anno, le future mete del circus e l’atteso annuncio circa la programmazione di un campionato dedicato alle moto elettriche. Gestazione di due anni e debutto nel 2026 con cinque, sei prove inizialmente allocate in Europa. A seguire i passaggi salienti del discorso:
Infront Moto Racing CEO David Luongo: “We had a fantastic season last year with a great World Champion in each of the classes, and an amazing Motocross of Nations that will stay in the memory of everyone for decades. We reached the record of spectators at a single event in the history of the sport. MXGP reached 700,000 spectators in the full season, which was also a record of attendance for a season of MXGP. But this is not the end of our target or our will of developing the sport. We will have a very long and demanding season of 21 events, across the nations of the EU but also seeing China back on the calendar, which is very good news for the globality of this World Championship. Our figures show that Europe is still with us but many more big countries are now following the sport. For sure Argentina and Brazil but also Australia, India, Indonesia, and China, so we have to go to these countries for the fans and in terms of the sport’s development, and in terms of the markets for the manufacturers also.”
Mr Luongo then made an announcement to include an exciting new addition to the series in the very near future:
“We saw in the last few months and years that have been many developments into the electrification of bikes, so I think that it’s a good moment to put down the base of a new support class that will be fully dedicated to electric bikes. We don’t want to mix things [with regular machines], but to create a path for this technology to develop and continue to grow, and we will see how it develops. In the last few months many things have started without clear guidance on where it will go. I think that as the best and most modern platform for Motocross in the world, that MXGP should also embrace this new technology.
So we want to announce that in 2026 we want to create a new support race, in collaboration with the FIM and with the manufacturers, for a fully dedicated Electric World Championship that will be held alongside MXGP. We aim to run five or six races in Europe for this, so we have two years to work with the FIM and the manufacturers on the rules for the bikes and to define exactly what it shall be. It will help to complete the package of an MXGP weekend, and also help the manufacturers with a very professional platform to help develop these products which are already on the market to complete the portfolio for a manufacturer.”
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