A political dispute causes the cancellation of the Argentine MotoGP GP | Motorcycling | Sports – Archyde

The news about the cancellation of the event came one day after the Argentine Government announced the incorporation of Daniel Scioli to Javier Milei’s Cabinet as Secretary of Tourism, Environment and Sports. Scioli, with more than two decades of experience in Peronism, only this Tuesday joined the ranks of the ultraliberal, who since assuming the presidency on December 10 has repeated that “there is no money” and that “there is no possible alternative.” to adjustment” to solve Argentina’s economic problems.
In November, when it was suspected that the national contribution to the event could be jeopardized by the new Government, the governor of Santiago del Estero, Gerardo Zamora, trusted that the event would take place, but this Wednesday he regretted the cancellation of an event that in 2023 It caused an economic impact in the province of more than 5.1 billion pesos (about 22.3 million dollars in the official price at that time) and attracted more than 200,000 people, according to official data. The promoters of the event have assured that the circuit was already ready and that all tickets were sold – fans will be able to request a return of their tickets from the organizers.

Dorna adds in its statement that it will not replace the Argentine round, and expresses its desire to return to the country in 2025. The new calendar for 2024 now has 21 scheduled appointments, also pending the situation in Kazakhstan, a country that has not been able to premiere still due to the consequences of the turbulent geopolitical situation in the region. The company assures that this GP continues. In case of suspension of the grand prix in the Asian country, the World Cup promoter does plan to replace that event by traveling to Hungary, established as a reserve stop last year.
The private promoter of the event, the OSD Group, regretted in a parallel statement the political circumstances that have led to the cancellation of the event: “As a consequence of the lack of compliance with the contractual obligations assumed by the National Institute for Tourism Promotion (organisation today dependent on the Ministry of the Interior of the Nation) that are essential for the realization of the Grand Prix in the Argentine Republic, it has been decided to cancel the scheduled date of the event.” In recent days, both the provincial government of Santiago del Estero, where the Termas de Río Hondo route that has hosted the event in the country since 2014 is located, and the private investment group have tried to save the situation without success.
The Argentine GP was going to celebrate its ninth edition in the current setting of Termas this year after the cancellations caused in 2020 by the covid-19 pandemic and in 2021 due to damage to the circuit’s infrastructure after a large fire. The sanctions against Russia due to the war in Ukraine, in 2022, also caused the suspension of Friday’s training session when a plane with boxes of essential material and several motorcycles of the pilots did not arrive on time due to a technical breakdown and subsequent logistical problems. A few weeks ago it was also known that the Superbike World Championship, which holds its event in San Juan, would not travel to Argentina this year either after the cancellation of the 2023 edition coinciding with the election period that brought Milei to the presidency of the country. .
The 2024 MotoGP Argentine Grand Prix, scheduled for the weekend of April 5 to 7, has been canceled as reported by the World Championship organizing company, Dorna, through a statement this Wednesday. The main actors in the development of the motorcycle championship, including the Motorcycle Federation (FIM) and the competition’s teams association (IRTA, in its English acronym), have limited themselves to commenting in the brief press release that “the “Current circumstances in Argentina” do not allow “the necessary services for the Grand Prix to take place in 2024 according to MotoGP standards” to be guaranteed.

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