MotoGP crowns Jorge Martin in 2024 with three million viewers
Martin, the new king of MotoGP. Last weekend’s Solidarity Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya brought the 2024 MotoGP season to an end with Madrid’s Jorge Martin crowned world champion. This course The championship, owned by Dorna Sports, attracted three million spectators to the tracks.the figure is very similar to the 2023 season, although it is the largest in history.
This year Twenty Grand Prix were awardeddespite the fact that not all of them were planned at the beginning of the season. There have been several changes to the calendar, from the fall of India, which will host the Grand Prix again in 2026, to the fall of Kazakhstan. Valencia was also unable to host the scheduled race, in this case due to damage.
The 2024 season began on March 10 at the Lusail Circuit in Qatar and ended on November 17 at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit with the Solidarity Grand Prix celebration, all proceeds of which went to the victims in Valencia.
The French Grand Prix, held on the weekend of May 12 at Le Mans, remained the highest-attended event on the calendar, the same as in 2023 and 2022, according to data accessed by Palco23. Specifically, This year, 2024, 297,471 people visited the French circuit during the three days of celebration. compared to 278,805 viewers last episode or 225,000 viewers two years ago.
Next comes the Dutch Grand Prix.the ninth stage of 2024, which will take place on the Sachsenring circuit. On this occasion, MotoGP attracted 252,826 spectators: 62,681 people in before the weekend; 92,130 fans on Saturday sprint and Moto3 and Moto2 classifications, as well as 98,015 fans at Sunday’s race.
Rounding out the podium is the Thai Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the 2024 championship, which will take place at the Chang International Circuit. So, Up to 205,343 fans watched Francesco Bagnai win the race in Thailand..
The Spanish tracks in Jerez, Barcelona and Aragon attracted 181,289 spectators, 176,684 fans and 107,421 people respectively this year.
The Spanish tracks in Jerez, Barcelona and Aragon attracted 181,289 spectators, 176,684 fans and 107,421 people this year.respectively. The figures do not take into account the 50,000 tickets that were put on sale for the last grand prix of the year, also at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, a race with limited seating.
In the first two cases He attendance increased by double digits compared to the 2023 edition.: While the Catalan route grew by 16.2%, the Andalusian route grew by 10.9%. In turn, Motorland Aragón, which was in the rotation system in 2023, did not hold a MotoGP Grand Prix.
The only Grand Prix where the number of spectators decreased in 2024 was the first.held at the Lusail International Circuit. The debut of Marc Marquez with Ducati or the dance of riders and factories such as Alex Rins with Yamaha, Pedro Acosta with GasGas or Luca Marini with Honda were not enough to equal the previous season’s records, which increased from 55,050 spectators in 2023 to 40,343 fans in 2024, 26.7% less.
MotoGP 2025, calendar controlled by Liberty Media
April 1, Liberty Media has officially announced the purchase of an 86% stake in Dorna Sports from Bridgepoint and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.the company that manages the MotoGP World Championship, World Superbikes, MotoE and the Women’s Motorcycle Championship, among others.
The company that owns Formula 1 has confirmed that it is acquiring 86% of MotoGP and the management (Carmelo Ezpeleta and remaining directors) of MotoGP will retain approximately the remaining 14% of the capital..
Liberty Media valued 100% of MotoGP at €4.2 billion (including debt), so the price paid for 86% of the capital is 3.612 million euros. How is this worded? On the one hand, the purchase of 65% of Dorna will be made in cash, and another 21% (up to 86%) will be paid to the current owner of the company in Liberty Media shares.
That is, Liberty Media will pay V cash about 2.730 million eurosan amount that a company will partially cover with financial debt. He mixing The balance between cash and debt will depend on “market conditions,” Liberty Media said.