Last May, Motorsport.com announced that Dorna, a company that promotes the MotoGP World Championship and was recently acquired by Liberty Media, was promoting among the championship teams the initiative to celebrate the 75 years of the World Cup, created in 1949, with special, retro and ‘vintage’ style decorations. It is something that some other category already does, such as the NASCAR Cup Series at its Throwback Weekend in Darlington.
The Spanish company’s desire was for it to be within the framework of a single event, with everything pointing to the British Grand Prix. And finally it will be like this, and there, on the weekend of August 2 to 4, 2024, as MotoGP confirmed this Monday in a statement.
Thus, the World Cup will start in a place as important as Silverstone, where, for example, Formula 1 was born in 1950, its special activities for such a unique anniversary. “For the first time in the 75-year history of this sport, All the bikes and riders on the grid will race at Silverstone with a special and exclusive livery, and all with a touch of retro style.“they explained.
“Inspired by any chapter of their particular stories, the 11 teams on the grid – including the five factory teams – will race with their own special edition ‘vintage’ paint.“, they continued, implying that the decorations will be part of the history of each structure. All these ‘liveries’ will be revealed on Thursday, August 1, in a special event in the pitlane starting at 3:00 p.m. for Spain, which will be broadcast live on television.
Each bike will be discovered in the pitlane “before the public, who will be able to see the event for free if you have a ticket for Thursday“In addition, MotoGP promises that this event will only be “the beginning”, since the retro style will go beyond motorcycles, and also will be present in the BMW that acts as a Safety Car and even in the podium celebrationspassing through other exhibitions during the weekend.
It will be the first time that MotoGP carries out something like this, which in the first instance seemed planned to take place in the next grand prix in 2024, in Assen (weekend of June 28 to 30). However, The premier category structures asked for more time to prepare everything, and that is why it will not be in ‘The Cathedral’, but on the British layout.
