DAVID LUONGO EDITORIAL | OCTOBER 2023

Dear MXGP Friends,

October marks usually the beginning of the Winter break for MXGP. But this year, it has been very busy. First, the Monster Energy Motocross of Nations is still in the head of everybody. The most exciting and popular Off-road event on the planet made history this year. A massive crowd came for it, the organization was top class, and the racing was, as always very open. Team France won the title on his home soil and will defend it on the very much appreciated Matterley Basin track in Great Britain. 

October was a busy month for our teams at Infront Moto Racing as we are already stepping into the 2024 season with the finalization of the calendar, the site visit of the new track and some very important event related to the development of our sport. 

The first one is the annual meeting of the Sportel in Monaco. It is the most important Sport Media Rights meeting of the year, where the sport holders meet with the Worldwide TV Broadcasters to bring their sport on TV. We participate since the very beginning in the early nineties to this fair as TV exposure as always been our priority to make MXGP more popular. Long-time TV partner Eurosport, with a contract in place until 2025, seized the opportunity to meet us and expressed their appreciation for the extensive coverage of the MXGP series. Similarly, FOX Mexico, Direct TV Latin America and IEG in Indonesia were enthusiastic about their partnership and eagerly anticipated offering their viewers thrilling motocross races in the upcoming MXGP seasons, reaffirming the global interest in MXGP. Also, traditional partners such as RAI, All Baltics, Motorvision, MTV Finland further solidified MXGP as a sought-after presence in the world of television broadcasting.

The second important fair this month was the EICMA in Milano where all the motorcycle industry is regrouped during a week. All the bikes manufacturers, gears producers, partners of the MXGP are present during this event and it is always very nice to meet after the season to plan 2024 and discuss about the future development of the sport. EICMA was also the occasion to unveil some teams line up of next year. The participation of new manufacturers like Triumph or Fantic brought the number of Official Manufacturer to 9 which is the highest number in motorsport! With some new coming in the year to come, MXGP will continue to bring excitement and great racing to the fans!

We will be heading to Liverpool in 2 weeks’ time for the annual FIM Gala to celebrate our World Champions.

Finally some ticketing are already open for next year like MXGP of France and the seasonal pass for MXGP-TV.com! 

I wish you a great reading of the #122 issue of the MXGP Mag! 

David Luongo
CEO INFRONT MOTO RACING