After more than a year of tough negotiations, the manufacturers competing in the MotoGP World Championship and series promoter MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group (MGPSEG) have approved the framework agreement that will bind them together for the next five years.
The back-and-forth negotiations lasted longer than either side had initially anticipated, largely due to the strategy adopted by the Motorcycle Sports Manufacturers Association (MSMA), which identified the current moment as an opportunity to push aggressively in pursuit of the best possible terms.
