The rumors of Liberty Media’s purchase of MotoGP are becoming more and more insistent and concrete. A month ago, the MotoGP boss Carmelo Ezpeleta he didn’t deny itnor that Dorna’s current owner, Bridgepoint, is in negotiations for a multi-billion dollar sale. “Most of Dorna’s shareholders are investment funds, who buy to resell“, he said after admitting that one could not even be ruled out joint F1-MotoGP weekend. Now the authoritative Financial Times talks about a 4 billion dollar deal and that negotiations have intensified in recent weeks. Citing key sources, correspondents Matthew Garrahan and Samuel Agini say Liberty Media prevailed over “an offering from TKO, the sports and entertainment group led by Hollywood powerbroker Ari Amanuel“, as well as another from Qatar. But one problem could be related to conflict of interest. An industry lawyer told the Financial Times which I am investigations into F1-MotoGP joint ownership are quite probable. All parties, including Dorna and Liberty, declined comment. “An agreement is close“, we read in the newspaper, “but the announcement could come next week“.
