What Lessons Can Formula 1 Learn from MotoGP?

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Published: November 6, 2013

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There are few championships which operate on a global scale and even fewer that could argue equivalency to the Formula One World Championship.

While motorsport's pinnacle might not offer the dependable wheel-to-wheel excitement of touring cars, the bumper-bashing thrill of NASCAR or the competitive, level playing field of IndyCar, it trumps all before it in terms of glamour and prestige.

But that's just against its four-wheeled counterparts.

Whisper it quietly: There's a championship that offers half the number of wheels but twice the excitement, thrice the competition and five times the value for money.

MotoGP might be considered taboo among some F1 personnel and fans, but there is a heck of a lot F1 could take from Grand Prix motorcycle racing's upper echelon.

Better prices, down-to-the-wire title battles and a superb, privateer-supporting philosophy means MotoGP boasts factors F1 fans look to in envy.

 

Fan-Friendliness

Here is a modern-day "change the record" rant: F1 tickets are too expensive.

But while people may be sick of making the same complaint with nothing being done about it, you cannot ignore that tickets are a lot cheaper in MotoGP.

Let's take 2013 F1 ticket prices to start with, per BBC Sport, using the representative British and Spanish Grands Prix:



According to the same website, a single-day ticket for the British MotoGP round was £70. A weekend ticket for the season-ending Valencia race is £37 with the most expensive being a mere £130.

To get into MotoGP's VIP Village at this weekend's finale would set you back £900. Formula 1's Paddock Club is three times that amount.

Don't underestimate the commercial appeal of great racing, either.

That might sound obvious, but F1's universal appeal, despite several dull years in recent seasons, is proof ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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