While MotoGP has always enjoyed its own 'Silly Season,' the time of year when drivers change teams, teams change drivers, and races either stay, leave, or are added to the calendar, Liberty Media's acquisition of the series supercharged the insanity.
The owners of Formula 1 purchased a controlling stake in MotoGP earlier this year and, while not much has changed institutionally, within the teams, or the structure of the bikes given the upcoming rule changes as of yet, rumors have swirled about Silly Season-esque antics going on behind the scenes. One of the biggest rumors was that 7-time world Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton had expressed interest in becoming a team principal. And at the time, that's all it was.
