As many of you will have spotted, this was in fact an April Fool's story. As far as we know, MotoGP and F1 will not be merging, and if they were going to, then they certainly wouldn't use April 1st to make such an announcement. The story was concocted and (brilliantly) realized by one of our contributing editors, Rusty Bucket, whose clever writing managed to fool a lot of people, including one or two who should have known better! All compliments on the piece aimed at me (David Emmett) are unwarranted, and I have passed on all your compliments to the writer. Normal service has now been resumed...
In a surprise press conference held during the regular pre-race event for the MotoGP round in Jerez, Spain today, the following headline topped the shocking press release:
"Due to the economic pressures of the global financial downturn, and as an opportunity to bring together the World's premier prototype motor racing series, Carmelo Ezpeleta and Bernie Ecclestone have today announced the landmark merger of their two organizations to create the ultimate racing series: MotoF1."
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MotoGPMatters/~3/MiYh7Nky4TQ/f1_and_motogp_to_merge.html
Stefan Bradl Umberto Braga Stefan Brägger Vincent Braillard Ernesto Brambilla
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