Why are there so many Spanish riders in MotoGP?

Dorna owns MotoGP and is a Spanish company Repsol is a Spanish oil company and sponsors the factory Honda team as well as individual (usually Spanish) riders. Movistar is also a spanish company and also the biggest mobile operator in spain. read more

Dorna owns MotoGP and is a Spanish company. Repsol is a Spanish oil company and sponsors the factory Honda team as well as individual (usually Spanish) riders. Movistar is also a spanish company and also the biggest mobile operator in spain. They sponsor the factory Yamaha team. read more

I think there's so many good riders that miss out. They need good backing and the Spanish riders seem to get that. The Marquez family, for example, get heaps of sponsorship from Repsol. So his HRC ride was lined up probably from his Moto3 days. read more

I think there's so many good riders that miss out. They need good backing and the Spanish riders seem to get that. The Marquez family, for example, get heaps of sponsorship from Repsol. read more

Why no US riders in MotoGP: It stems from a lot of rot in the domestic US road racing scene stemming from the early 2000s. Only now is some resemblance of organisation is happening with MotoAmerica. Ben Spies was the last rider to really hit MotoGP being a product of the last great years of AMA Superbike. read more