MotoGp, riders furious: “Chaos may break out”

According to Pernat, challenges could come with the arrival of sprint races

The crowded calendar and the arrival of sprint races have displaced MotoGp riders, who are demanding guarantees and financial bonuses for what is in fact a doubling of the season’s races.

Saturday’s mini-races will last about twenty minutes, a number of laps halved compared to Sunday’s race-a move to draw spectators throughout the weekend, but one that has raised concerns among riders, especially at the contractual level.

Enea Bastianini’s manager Carlo Pernat was clear to Paddock TV: “After three races the riders will go crazy. For now there is no race bonus in the contracts and if they don’t give them to us I don’t think we will race. They are half points, we want half bonuses, with the sponsors we have already put in the contract also the bonuses for the Sprint Races. It’s a fight between Dorna, teams and riders. I asked Ducati for the money and they said ‘go to Dorna,’ Dorna said ‘go to the team, it’s their business.’ The riders will do the first two races because they are obligated, if they don’t give the bonuses then a mess will break out. This is an imposition you cannot do.”