A Catalan GP who is less public and equally inclined

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Two weeks after the great public success of the F-1 Spanish Grand Prix with a record attendance at Sunday’s race of 140,700 spectators and 354,700 over the entire weekend, the MotoGP Catalan GP has arrived and moved into more moderate numbers since leave tickets. on sale in November the speed was much more contained. This was confirmed by the general director of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Josep Lluís Santamaría, at the presentation of the Catalan Grand Prix in Barcelona on Wednesday. “We will be around 50,000 spectators, it is not disappointing, there are 50,000 who will come,” he assured.

“In the beginning, sales were slower than in 2019, but it seems like a general trend of other Grand Prix, seen in Jerez, in Mugello and more expensive,” he explained. “We don’t know why the trend has slowed. It could be the effect of Rossi’s absence and it looks like he’s now pulling people in the World Challenge Tour GT cup, not the Marc Márquez effect because it was recently,” he said. But if the loss of Marc Márquez, known on Saturday, could have an impact on the last -minute sale. But what won’t be the reason is the price, very popular compared to the ‘experienced’ in Jerez and Mugello, which hit the ticket office: the three -day ticket of € 65 for the pelousse at € 140 for most. expensive grandstand and the pelousse for Sunday, 49.99.

15 days ago they paid for hazing on the F-1 with inappropriate temperature for hours and for motogp they came to have done their homework: take additional steps to fight the heat using shaded area and ventilated sprinkler, and allow it to re -enter with refrigerators and bottles, always plastic, of water up to 1.5L.

From a sporting point of view, the leading role in Barcelona’s presentation fell to Maverick Viñales (MotoGP), Albert Arenas and Jeremy Alcoba (Moto2), Sergio García Dols and Xavier Artigas (Moto3) along with a great host of Catalan world champions such as Alex Crivillé, Carlos Checa, Sito Pons and Emili Alzamora. The event was led by Roger Torrent, president of the Circuit and Minister of Business and Labor, accompanied by Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna Sports; Josep Mateu, president of the RACC; Pere Rodríguez, mayor of Montmeló; Jaume Collboni, first deputy mayor of Barcelona; and Josep Lluís Santamaría, director of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Good wishes for his recovery were sent from afar to Marc Márquez: “Marc, we are waiting for you because next year we want to be with you”.

Aprilia rider Maverick Viñales, who represented the premier class, assured that “I feel so relieved, I am in a very good moment enjoying the championship so much. I’m really looking forward to racing at home, that gives you an extra push ”. Viñales has assured that “being part of a new and important project is brilliant for me, because I can grow with them and I also believe that Aleix and I are managing to work together though having such different riding styles.

Moto2 is represented by 2020 Moto3 champion, AlbertA Arenas, and rookie Jeremy Alcoba: “I’m really enjoying this stage. I consider myself lucky to be born here, in Catalonia, to have a Circuit and this tradition of motorcycling. So we can only enjoy it like never before “. Alcoba explained how the trend this first year in the category. “Everything is a very radical change, Moto3 teaches you a lot of things, it’s a very competitive category, but Moto2 is very different, you have to learn again”, he said.

Sergio García Dols was the only World Cup leader to be present at the event and recalled that “last year I came to Barcelona 50 points behind the leader, and this year I was ahead, better. I was very happy and I hope to have a career that is good for all spectators to enjoy “, he commented. Xavi Artigas, for his part, is faced with another home GP: “with great desire and enthusiasm, because this is the home, so let’s see what happens”.

Source: La Verdad

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