It is true, very true, that today the world of sports and even high competition is a show, a business and, of course, the greatest entertainment.
It is true, very true, that the organizers of the major events and world championships choose the venues for many different reasons and, yes, money is very important, but also the means at their disposal, the facilities, the location of the event , the television audience, the tradition of that country with reference to this sport and many other things that can influence the arrival of this great show in certain places.
expected return
25 years ago the motorcycle world championship and, most especially, the queen categorybefore 500cc and now from MotoGP, did not land in Indonesia. And this Sunday closes what for many has been the most spectacular visit in the history of the two-wheeled ‘circus’.
“Truly, in my life I had seen something like it, since I visited this country, in 2014, I have been fascinated, speechless, of what motorcycles and motorcycles, races and riders represent for this town . It is wonderful to race here, wonderful! & rdquor ;, he points out Marc Márquezeight-time world champion, who has a legion (and religion) of followers behind him in all the islands of Indonesia.
“I can only add one detail to what Marc says & rdquor ;, he points out Pol Espargarohis partner in Repsol Honda Team“Now I understand how rock stars feel because they have treated us this week as if we were authentic gods, what a wonderful people, of affection, of devotion, of sensitivity towards our work & rdquor ;.
Wonderful memories
‘Polyccio’ acknowledged that “I can only make one comparison, which gives me goosebumps, and that is that when I see how these authentic, true and devoted fans in Indonesia love us, I remember when dad, Aleix and I used to do kilometers and kilometers by car, with sandwiches and drinks, to watch Alex (Criville) for all the circuits of Spain, that was devotion! Well, how is it & rdquor ;.
The pilots shared the sentiment of the Indonesian people and their president, Joko Widodothe first ‘motard’ in the country with its Kawasakiin a parade, caravan and mass walk, last Wednesday, through the streets of Jakarta, with thousands of fans who cheered them as they passed, and which ended in the president’s palace.
greet the president
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This is a country of 210 million inhabitants where approximately five million motorcycles are sold each year (88% scooters and 78% Honda). This is a country where helmets are not used and where, on the same motorcycle, the whole family is riding, dad, mom and two children. And where, of course, at crossroads or give way, the most intrepid passes, the one with more (or as much) courage as Marc Márquez and company in the curves of Mandalika.
That is why, more than for the money, for devotion, for paying homage to millions of fans, why the organization of Carmelo Ezpeleta, head of Dorna and the World Cup, has returned to Indonesia. More than enough. That is why the young Italian Enea Bastianini (Ducati, ‘team’ Gresini)winner of the first grand prize of the year, fifteen days ago, in Qatar, could not help but thank Ezpeleta “for being able to greet and share a few minutes, for the first time in my life, with a whole president of a nation. It has been provided by my sport, the World Cup and its organization and I must be grateful because, surely, I would never have been able to experience a moment like this. At last I have been able to greet a great head of state!”