L A I R O T I D E
DEAR MXGP FRIENDS Giuseppe Luongo President of Youthstream Group
MXGP, AS ALWAYS, WILL BE UNPREDICTABLE AND MANY FACTORS WILL EMPHASIS THIS FACT, BUT ONE THING WE CAN ALL COUNT ON IS THAT 2019 WILL BE A SEASON FULL EXCITEMENT, FULL OF BREATH-TAKING RACING AND A SHOW LIKE NO OTHER Dear MXGP Friends, The start of the MXGP season is nearly upon us, with only one month to go all the riders and teams are in full preparation, and unfortunately Herlings has injured his foot and trying to make a speedy recovery while the other main contender for the title, Cairoli, is fully focused and motivated for a Championship win. And it leaves a question in all of our minds, what should we expected for the 2019 FIM MXGP World Championship? Will we witness Tony taking his 10th title, or will Jeffrey confirm his domination even if he has to miss a couple of Grand Prix events, or will we be seeing Gajser or Febvre back in top, or will it finally be Desalle’s year, or possibly Paulin, or will we see, like in the past, a surprise from a Rookie? The MX2 pre-season racing has shown Prado to be 100% and eager to confirm his MX2 title. MXGP, as always, will be unpredictable and many factors will emphasis this fact, but one thing we can all count on is that 2019 will be a season
full excitement, full of breathtaking racing and a show like no other. I can’t wait for the first gate-drop in Argentina.
“IN ORDER FOR MXGP TO CONTINUE TO GROW IT NEEDS A BOOST AND INFRONT IS THE IDEAL PARTNER FOR THIS” The news of the moment is the acquisition of Youthstream by Infront, and this is very important for MXGP to be able to make the next step in terms of media and marketing. Infront is a world leader in sport media and marketing, and Infront successfully manages the rights of 35 sports, from football to ice hockey to Ironman. We believe Infront is the company with the best knowledge and contacts in the world of sport media and marketing and is what MXGP is
ready for. Under Youthstream’s management MXGP has grown a lot and has brought a lot of excellent and wide TV coverage, it created successful platforms for all the various social media and it’s thanks to this that sponsors have linked themselves to MXGP, but now Youthstream has arrived to its limit and in order for MXGP to continue to grow it needs a boost and Infront is the ideal partner for this, with Infront MXGP will have the possibility to play in a superior league. I want to assure all MXGP fans that there will be no changes to the format, rules or anything that is linked to the sport, the roots and the base of MXGP will be respected, improvements will be seen for TV, social media marketing and presentation. The pyramid with the European Championships at the bottom acting as a trampoline into the professional world and MXGP at the top will continue and most importantly the heart of Motocross will remain strong. I’m looking forward to seeing you all in Argentina!
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