The big festival starts next month
In about twenty days, the first chapter of this year’s World Speed Championship begins MotoGP, with the riders preparing for the first tests. We take a look at what has changed this year in the premier class, the teams and last year’s rider pay.
The first appearance of the MotoGP “circus” will take place at the official tests, at the Sepang circuit of Malaysia, on February 10.
Francesco Bagnaia, #1 2022 MotoGP Champion with Ducati
They will follow two more tests in Portugal on the track of Rortimao at 11 and at March 17, with the first race of the year taking place there, a few days later, on March 26.
Oi smore important changes in the MotoGP category in relation to 2022 it is:
1. First of all, the complete withdrawal of it its factory team Suzuki from the MotoGP championship
2. The creation of a second, satellite, team from Aprilia
3. The movement of Joan Mir and Alex Rins (of Suzuki) at Honda, with the former going to his factory team HRC, next to Marc Marquez and the second in a satellite group (LCR)
Fabio Quartararo (left), Franco Morbidelli (right)
4. H transcript of Jack Miller by the Ducati factory team in her counterpart KTM
5. H transcript of Miguel Oliveira from KTM in Aprilia
6. H transcription of Aeneas Bastianini from its satellite team Ducati in the factory team, next to the champion Francis Bagnaia
7. The movement of Pol Espargaro from the Honda factory team, to the debutante GasGas, which will use motorcycles of (parent company) KTM with other colors
MotoGP 2023: Teams – Riders
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team
Fabio Quartararo #20
Franco Morbidelli #21
Yamaha Monster Team
Ducati Lenovo Team
Francesco Bagnaia #63
Enea Bastianini #23
Aprilia Racing
Aleix Espargaro #41
Maverick Vinales #12
Alex Marquez (left), Fabio di Giannantonio (right)
Ducati Gresini Team
Repsol Honda Team
Marc Marquez #93
Joan Mir #36
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Jack Miller #43
Brad Binder #33
Francesco Bagnaia (left), Gigi Dall Ignia (centre), Enea Bastianini (right)
Gresini Racing MotoGP (Ducati)
Alex Marquez #73
Fabio di Giannantonio #49
Prima Pramac Racing (Ducati)
Johann Zarco #5
George Martin #89
Mooney VR46 Racing Team (Ducati)
Luca Marini #10
Marco Bezzecchi #72
RNF MotoGP Team (Aprilia)
Miguel Oliveira#88
Raul Fernandez #25
Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing (KTM)
Pol Espargaro #44
Augusto Fernandez #37
LCR Honda Castrol/Idemitsu
Alex Rins #42
Takaaki Nakagami #30
Let’s move on now in the “roast” regarding the fees of the riders of the World, recently the Italian newspaper Sports Gazette published the amounts.
Marc Marquez – €12.5 millions
Maverick Vinales – €10 from.
Fabio Quartararo – €6 from.
Joan Mir – €6 from.
Francesco Bagnaia – €5 from.
Pol Espargaro – €3.5 from.
Jack Miller, Alex Rins , Franco Morbidelli – €3 from.
Johann Zarco – €2 from.
Alex Marquez, Jorge Martin – €1 from.
Aleix Espargaro – €750,000
Miguel Oliveira – €625,000
Takaaki Nakagami, Brad Binder – €500,000
Enea Bastianini, Fabio di Giannantonio – €375,000
Luca Marini – €300,000
His astronomical salary makes an impression on the above Marc Marquez and the problem he faces to make the appropriate comeback, which will justify the exorbitant amount, as well as his equally large remuneration Maverick Vinales at 10 million euros!
The penultimate (2021) World Champion and contender for this year’s title Fabio Quartararo looks like “thrown” at 6 million euros, especially if we see how the Joan Mir – who also won a championship in 2020 without particularly good performance, but in ’22 he didn’t do anything great either – he’s paid the same money!
Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha)
His money also seems “little”. I’m sorry Bagnaia but only compared to the 2022 achievement (see MotoGP title) while there must be much grumbling among the brethren Espargaro, since the “non-existent” in ’22 Pol the “winner” also gets 3.5 million euros GP” Alex he gets just 750,000 euros.
“Minimum” is the money he collected last year the unlikely last year Aeneas Bastianini with match wins (just €375.000), while the 300 thousand received by Luca Marini, whom he should have helped somewhat in this matter… his famous brother.
