Liberty, which has owned F1’s commercial rights since 2017, announced at the start of April that it had acquired an 86% ownership stake of Dorna Sports and MotoGP in a deal valued at €4.2 billion.
Following this, MotoGP Dorna sporting director Carlos Ezpeleta said his organisation was “not ruling out” the possibly of subsequent future shared race weekends with F1.
At the recent Japanese Grand Prix, Autosport/Motorsport.com asked Mercedes driver Hamilton – famously a MotoGP fan who swapped rides with legendary rider Valentino Rossi during the Italian’s final racing years – if he would welcome combined F1 and MotoGP events.
“I didn't really think a lot about it, [but] obviously I read the headlines about it,” he replied. “I think Liberty has done an amazing job with Formula 1, obviously the value of the thing [rising since 2017]. So, I think they can do a great job with MotoGP.
“It's exciting because I love MotoGP. It would be epic if we can have them on the same weekend.”
Hamilton then joked “maybe I could do a race in MotoGP and race a Formula 1 car on the same weekend – that would be really cool”, before adding that such a situation would be “impossible”.
The idea of shared F1 and MotoGP events are understood to be unlikely in the short term and would only work at larger venues where the two categories already race – such as the Austin track where MotoGP is racing this weekend – rather than F1’s many new street tracks.
Source: Autosport