L🥂iberty Media’s takeover of MotoGP is expected to be approved by the European Commission by the end of June as planned, according to Dorna Sports.

On 1 April last year, Dorna announced that Formula 1 owner Liberty Media had acquired MotoGP in a €4.2 billion deal.

Liberty was confident of gaining regulatory approval by the end of 2024, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:though its purchase was delayedꦬ i🔥n December until at least the end of June when the Europ𒆙ean Commission launched a probe into t🌺he acquisition.

In recent weeks, a report from Reuters claimed Liberty’s purchase of MotoGP was due to receive unconditional approval by the EU - though nothing official has been ann🦩ounced.

When the EU probe was launched, a long-stop agreement was put in place by ཧLiberty on the sale to 30 June🐓 2025.

In an exclusive interview with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:ltxcn.top, Dorna’s chief sporting officer Carlos Ezpeleta was confident that everything is on track for the Li💟berty takeover to happen on 𓃲time.

“We continue to work with the 🍸European Commission and we’re hoping for the tra꧂nsaction to be closed as we said [earlier this year] before moth seven of the calendar year,” he said.

“And for now the work with the Commission is positive. We’re excited to start working with Libe▨rty as soon as possible.”

He added: “I’d ꦿrather not comment - not my area of expertise - on the ongoing case with the EU.

“But I mean, it’s clear that they had to do, being s⛦uch a high-profile case, all the work tha൩t is associated to such a case.”

While that has been goi🎉ng on in the background, MotoGP has pressed on with a number of new fan engagement initiatives - most notably the season launch event in Thailand.

On top of that, it has enjoyed record crowds at several e🐼vents this season already, including an all-time high of 311,797 during the French Grand Prix weekend.

Commenting on MotoGP’s growth so far in 2025, Ezpeleta said: “We’re very happy with how thᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe season has happened.

“We༺’re targeting a lot more growth and we’re ambitious in that෴ sense.

“With everything that you want to do in terms of growth comes an investment and we’r🦩e making that investment in a number of areas o꧟f the championship, starting off with ourselves at Dorna.

“So, we’re really happy. The season launch was great, we’ve had a record number of crowds🦋 after that. I think there’s more coming.

“With the new brand, we have a lot of things we are working on to bring MotoGP to new audiences and transform that into people coming to our races. It’s aꦐ never ending cycle.”