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9 riders in for mx2 Indonesia
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To all : You'd think that F**kwit Luongo would catch onto how bad it looks, but no, he just pockets the money he gets from whoever he can, and there's a fair few 'money streams' he keeps for Himself / Infront.
There's talk of a loop through Indo, Malaysia and Thailand next year, perhaps as many as 4 GPs (2 in one country, Malaysia I think), next year.
Maybe, this plan might be what has the Manufacturers / Teams / Riders finally go; well You want that, You pay for it!
Such a 'loop' would be mind blowingly expensive, with a Lot of time away from Team bases, that would multiply expenses Hugely.
I'm not like so many here that think races shouldn't be in Asia - they are Massive markets, that absolutely dwarf the 'main' markets. People say that MXers / Dirt Bikes are not sold in big numbers in these markets, but it's about Brand Marketing- and the massive sales that can come from it . You think the Manufacturers do, say, SX from the sales of their MXers / Dirt Bikes - well, if it were just from that, they wouldn't do it - same for MXGP, MotoGP, etc etc. All racing at high levels is about Selling Of The Brand. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand accounted for at least 7 million two wheeler sales in 2021 - well, more I'd think. Indonesia alone, just over 5 Million. And on 'bikes' that, through economies of scale, have serious percentage on unit profits - far, far more than our 'serious' bikes.
But, Luongo / Infront Should be providing Real Levels of financial assistance to Riders and Teams, if he / they are going to have these 'fly away' races.
Yet, he / they keep all the money they get from Monster (who damn well near 'own' most of Motorcycle Racing, it seems) and other Series Sponsors, the substantial ( to put it mildly) Event Rights charges , and the high entry fees extorted from Teams and Riders.
The Bastards have been bleeding the Sport dry, for Decades now.
We need to be rid of Luongo, and those of his ilk, but how? He / Infront 'owns' the MXGPs until, or well past, 2030.
Yet, somehow the Sport survives this hideous level of predation. I take that as a (thin) glimmer of hope - that it is strong enough to survive, while these F**king Vampires feed off it.
Pit Row
To put that in perspective, that kind of money would be more then enough to do ALL European rounds in MX2 if added to an existing EMX250 budget.
I understand that Standing construct isnt going to spend money on getting an emx250 rider in mx2, but to me it shows the absurdity of how much money is being burned on this.
And for what? The only reason can only be Infront making loads of money.
You probably spent more time typing that than Infront or Luongo have spent thinking about the issue.
I was there, but, to be quite honest, I didn't notice much of them. I'm a bad man, I guess.......
There was a good amount of regular MX2 and MXGP riders there ( something like 28 in MX2, 22 in MXGP). Hunter Lawrence got 23rd in the first moto, then 16th in the second for 23rd OA.
If there were any Ozzies at the other subsequent Indo GPs (all) I've been to, I didn't notice them.
Simpson won the one Indonesian MXGP Moto in '17, and the GP, due to the quagmire. It was a bit of a silly mistake building a track below the islands water table, with a near guaranteed monsoon like rain expected, I think.
It was the first GP I got my GF to go to, bribing her with a very , very nice Bungalow / Mansion by the Sea. She had a great time, despite the horrendous conditions, and has developed a taste for the GPs - previously, she had buggerall interest in them. I / We would have gone to this one this weekend, but, she put her foot down, saying if I was 'wilting' under our winter 'heat', I'd probably cark it in Indonesia. And, she probably isn't wrong........
And from the US side of the ocean most of these flyaway races do make the world championship look silly (except Argentina), which is too bad because the top 10-15 riders in both classes are really fast as we all know. It is a joke a local rider could earn 20 championship points on the day just for showing up.
Also, Oman in September? Are they racing those motos at 2am? Otherwise there will be a bunch of riders not finishing the races, it will be that hot. The average high in September is like 97F with high humidity if they are racing near the coast. The heat index is around 120F during the hottest part of the day.
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