MotoGP will introduce sprint races to its grand prix weekends from 2023, as first reported by Autosport almost 24 hours ahead of the official announcement, in a move that has caused quite a stir – but which was entirely predictable.
MotoGP, for all of its fire-fighting exercises in recent months, is facing a decline it is struggling to overturn. While Formula 1 has burst out of the niche bubble it once occupied with the rest of its motorsport counterparts, the once clear second-most-popular racing spectacle, MotoGP, has been left behind.
