F1 owners Liberty Media in talks to buy MotoGP rights holder Dorna

Dorna are not officially on the market, but are of interest to Liberty M♏edia, the world's most valuable sports ဣempire

Francesco Bagnaia, MotoGP race, Valencia MotoGP, 26 November
Francesco Bagnaia, MotoGP race, Valencia MotoGP, 26 November

Liberty Media, the owners of Formula 1, are reportedly in talks to acquire Dorna, the Spain-based rights holder of MotoGP.

Amazon, Netflix and Disney are also in the mix, accor💛ding to Spanish busiꦺness publication .

Liberty Media are reportedly talking to British asset fund management company Bridgepoiꦇnt about aꦕcquiring Dorna.

CVC and KKR - major investment companies - ar🌸e also interested i🦂n Dorna.

Dorna has not been put on the market by Bridgepoint,ജ t💦he report makes clear.

F1 owners Liberty Media are the world’s most valuable sports e🔯mpire, according to  last year.

They are valued at $18.2 billion.

Liberty Media took over F1🍸 from Bernie Ecclestone in 2017.

They have overseen a boom in F1’s popularity🐠 ever since.

F1 is 🔯the crown jewel in the Liberty Media portfolio but taking over Dorna, and MotoGP,🌸 would mean they control two of the world’s top motorsports series.

Dorna🍌 CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta commented on rumours of a sale earlier this year.

“I confirm the rumours of sale, but I would like to know who is spreading them,” he told 💯.

“Every day I receive two or three phone ca🎉lls from credit institutions 🌳asking me if it is true that we are for sale.

“But the﷽ banks do not want to b📖uy, they only offer themselves as intermediaries of the operation.

“I can𝔉 only say that we are ready: weꦿ stayed with our first investors from 1998 to 2006: 8 years.

“Then came Bridgepoint, which made some changes an🧔d 17 more went through.

“Currently about 20% of Do🐷rna is owned by its workers, and I have the majority; 39% are from Bridgepoint; 38% of a Canadian public fund.

“Anyt🔯hing can happen, at any time, but it hasn't happene🐈d yet.

“The🐟y certainly like the product and the formula works with the Sprints."

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