Clouds are gathering over the next year’s Grand Prix for a year. The Dorna promotional company did not include Brno in the list of places where the World Motorcycle Championship should take place next year. The reason is the unsatisfactory condition of the track, which the commissioners pointed out after this year’s event. However, the complete reconstruction of the Masaryk Circuit would cost 100 million, and according to the agreement of the Brno Autodrome with the Association for MotoGP, the city and the region should pay for the repairs. However, Brno refuses to spend money on repairs, even partial ones.
The promotional company Dorna announced that it does not count on Brno until the end of the track at the end of last week. “We have been talking to them for many years and we always demand that some adjustments be made to the circuit, especially the surface. And at the last Security Council, we decided that they would be mandatory. “ Dorna’s boss Carlos Ezpeleta sent to Brno, saying that Brno certainly did not have the door closed for good. “It simply came to our notice then. If not, we will include a replacement organizer in the calendar, “ added according to Czech Television Ezpeleta.
The declaration of some riders left the organizers of the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic in Brno with a slightly bitter taste after an otherwise successful weekend. They described the condition of the surface on the Masaryk Circuit as catastrophic. According to the director of the Brno Automotodrom …
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Dorna did not include Brno in the list of cities where the race will take place, despite the fact that Brno has a valid contract with the promoter for the next year’s World Series. According to the mayor of Brno, Markéta Vaňková, the city is aware of the need for repairs, but Brno does not intend to provide funding for the repairs. At the beginning of the week, the mayor admitted that the city could participate in at least a partial repair. After Tuesday’s presidency, however, it sent a clear message to Masaryk’s circuit: beyond the 30 million that Brno contributes to the Grand Prix every year, Brno will not give more money.
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According to the contract, the organizing association of the South Moravian Region and the city is obliged to pay for the repair of the track on the Masaryk Circuit in Brno, where the motorcycle Grand Prix is run. It follows from the concluded contract, said the mayor of Brno Markéta Vaňková (ODS) in …
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According to the contract, the Association must pay, it sounds from Autodrome
Any reconstruction would thus remain on the shoulders of the Brno racetrack. “Although the contract with the association states that if Dorna requires repairs, the association is obliged to pay, but I believe that Automotodrom should pay it only because of the amount of rent he received from the association in five years., “said Vaňková Czech Television.
However, Automotodrom refuses to finance the costly investment, referring to the contract the company signed with the Association this year. “We do not yet have any official information from the association that he would not want to do so on his own, at least to this minimum extent, which follows from the concluded contracts. So we’re not thinking about paying it off at this point. ” said Boháč.
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The autodrome also responded to criticism that neither the city nor the region should finance private property. “The Automotodrom responded to the FIM’s requirements every year and carried out track repairs at its own expense. He did not claim these costs from the Association, although the contract clearly states that the Association is obliged to pay these costs. Over the years, investments beyond our contractual obligations have climbed to tens of millions of crowns, “ defends the Automotodrom.
According to Boháč, a situation has now arisen that the actors knew in advance that could happen. That is why he does not understand the sudden surprise of the representatives of the Association, Brno is said to be in danger of international disgrace. “The association has known about this for a long time, it draws subsidies not only from the city, but also from the region and the state. We are bothered by their inaction, we perceive the development very negatively, according to unofficial reports, it seems to us that it is much easier for the association to send it into insolvency and make it a great international disgrace. ” said Boháč.
From 2022 for a quarter of a billion a year
Another problem that does not affect the future of the Grand Prix in Brno too much is the amount of the listing fee. According to Vaňková, Dorn has been insisting on the amount of about a quarter of a billion crowns for each year since 2022. Investing millions of crowns in the repair of a private line, due to one year, according to Vaňková, would be unacceptable at a time when the city is facing a major drop in revenue.
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