The MotoGP-private teams will receive from the Promoter Dorna financial support to the currently difficult economic Situation due to the Coronavirus pandemic bridge. The six teams in the Premier class get in the months of April, may and June, respectively, 250.000 euros. Thus, a team receives in the course of these three months a total of 750,000 euros.
With this money the team can pay the salaries of their employees, as well as the infrastructure of their respective team’s base. This aid package to get the following Teams: Petronas-Yamaha, LCR Honda, Pramac Ducati Avintia Ducati, Gresini Aprilia and Tech-3-KTM. Overall, be transferred for the next three months, 4.5 million Euro.
The factory teams of Honda, Yamaha, Ducati, Suzuki, and KTM are excluded from this aid package, because big companies are behind it. Why is Aprilia money? Because Gresini is registered as a private team in the world Cup. Aprilia is therefore not regarded as a fully-fledged factory team, although it is in practice.
MotoGP Promoter Dorna could bring this relief package with the consent of the major Shareholder, the Bridgepoint Capital and the Canadian pension Fund. Be paid out of the funds about the team Association IRTA.
The aid package is currently secured until the end of June. “This measure can be extended from the Dorna on July, we should be able to drive, no race”, confirmed by Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta, the Spanish newspaper .
It has considered the expenditure of the private teams, and then the average calculated. So, you have come to the sum of 250,000 Euro per Team per month. It was also sent to all the Teams in the three GP classes, the money for the first race, although the king class is not driven in Qatar.
A separate financial assistance for the Teams of the classes Moto2 and Moto3, where per driver of € 25,000 will be paid. According to Ezpeleta, this amount could be increased in “the near future”, should it be necessary. In the Moto2 class, there are 30 riders in the Moto2 class 32.
This article was written by Gerald Dirnbeck
*The contribution of “Dorna-aid package in Corona-Crise: 4.5 million Euro for MotoGP privateer teams” published by Motorsport-Total.com. Contact with the executives here.
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