"Thailand Steps Forward For 2015 Will Replace Indy On MotoGP Schedule? by staff Sunday, June 23, 2013 Most MotoGP team bosses point to Southeast Asia as a target for new races, as motorcycle sales are strong and top MotoGP riders are rock stars in that corner of the planet. A new track in Thailand may become the second Southeast Asian venue on the MotoGP calendar, joining Sepang in Malaysia as early as 2015. Representatives of a new track called the Buriram International Circuit, located approximately 250 miles north of Bangkok, recently met with Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta for talks at Mugello. The new circuit is under construction and was designed by Hermann Tilke, the pet architect of Formula One czar Bernie Ecclestone. Tilke has created some very dull, sanitized circuits in the last decade, but his computer screen also has produced such exciting layouts such as Sepang, Istanbul Park and the new Circuit of the Americas in Austin. Ezpeleta confirmed the track will be done in time for a possible slot on the 2015 schedule. Both Ezpeleta and team bosses have criticized the concentration of MotoGP races this season in Spain, the United States and Italy, with nine of the 18 races on the scheduled taking place in just three nations. So if Thailand joins the calendar, presumably one of the Spanish or American rounds would be on the chopping block. Dorna and Indianapolis have a contract through 2014, but both sides have made noises this spring indicating that relationship could end as early as this year, as an option for both parties exists in the contract." superbikeplanet/2013/Jun/130623d1.htm
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 23:45:46 +0000
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