Neither F1 nor MotoGP are any strangers to ridiculous rumors, a proven fact that anybody who’s paid any consideration to both (or each) collection can inform you from expertise. And you aren’t getting to be a seven-time F1 world championship driver like Lewis Hamilton if you have not additionally dealt along with your justifiable share of rumors all through your profession.
Nevertheless it appears to be like like at the least one notably persistent rumor involving one of many UK’s best presents to fashionable F1 may need legs.
Now, ever since talks about F1 proprietor Liberty Media additionally buying MotoGP began in earnest, there’s been hypothesis about Hamilton coming into the MotoGP paddock, almost definitely as a crew proprietor. That is to say nothing of the potential spectacle on provide if a F1/MotoGP double header was to ever materialize.
Earlier in 2024, there was a whiff of a rumor that Hamilton could be in talks to buy Gresini. A couple of months later, Hamilton was once more linked to potential MotoGP crew possession. This time, it was with the struggling Honda team, which is certainly due for a turnaround in its fortunes after a lackluster season.
Now that we’re on the finish of 2024, may the third time be the allure? Possibly so, as KTM MotoGP boss Pit Beirer dropped a few bombshells underneath the mistletoe to cap off KTM’s rollercoaster of a vacation season.
Whereas the potential Liberty Media acquisition of MotoGP is presently under intense investigation by the European Commission over antitrust concerns, all events are nonetheless presently continuing as if the deal is already executed. In spite of everything, there’s actually billions of Euros, or a barely completely different (however nonetheless mega) quantity of {dollars} on the road.
In that mild, Pit Beirer spoke to German motorsports stalwart Speedweek, seeking to allay fears that KTM could bow out of MotoGP prematurely because of the difficulties confronted by different arms of its group. Now, Beirer says, the KTM MotoGP is open to talks not solely with potential sponsors, but additionally with potential buyers.
Buyers resembling Lewis Hamilton, because it seems.
Very particularly, Beirer stated, “All I can say is that we’ve got had very attention-grabbing discussions together with his administration. It’s no secret that Lewis Hamilton is considering MotoGP and is considering having his personal crew. There are concrete discussions right here too.”
What about Hamilton’s long-term partnership with Purple Bull rival Monster Vitality? Beirer had a solution for this, too. ” “Everybody who needs to work with us is aware of how shut we’re – Purple Bull and KTM are inseparable. That has not been a problem within the negotiations to this point,” Beirer advised Speedweek.
It is nonetheless all simply speak till somebody indicators on a dotted line. We all know this. Whether or not something really materializes from any of this stays to be seen. However actually anybody who’s been taking note of this whole mega-circus has in all probability been seeing the puzzle items match collectively like this for ages.
Hamilton would not be the primary F1 champ to make the transfer to a high-level worldwide bike racing collection. In spite of everything, we noticed Kimi Raikkonen hop happily into a leadership role with Kawasaki in MXGP just a few years again. In Hamilton’s case, the timing would nearly be poetic if the Liberty Media deal goes via, too.
What do you consider Hamilton probably coming in to assist rescue the KTM MotoGP crew? Too little, too late, or do you assume he’d be the fitting individual to assist get the crew on strong footing going ahead? Tell us your ideas within the feedback.
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