Carmelo Ezpeleta, the boss of Grand Prix promoter Dorna, returned to the announcement of the State of Qatar offering Covid-19 vaccines to the MotoGP paddock. The Spaniard analyzes the situation and gives his opinion, emphasizing issues that can only be honored if all the actors and stakeholders take their responsibilities. For Carmelo Ezpeleta, it is about ensuring that the FIM MotoGP World Championship can take place as safely as possible. And everywhere.
Le Qatar made a significant step towards a Grand Prix paddock which decided to take up residence on its site losail until April 5. In the midst of a pandemic, and while Covid-19 took away one of its most eminent members in the person of Fausto Gresini, the authorities are opening up the opportunity for vaccination. “ It was important to the family MotoGP »Comments Ezpeleta. " The government of Qatar, where the vaccination program is going so well, offered us the opportunity to vaccinate the paddock and that is something incredible for us. The whole MotoGP family appreciates him enormously. I want to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to the Government of Qatar ».
The boss of Dorna then states: “ Its very important for us. During 2020 we followed very important protocols to maintain a bubble between people in the MotoGP paddock, the number of which is reduced compared to 2019… but this allowed us to have a safe season the year last. Now the government of Qatar is offering us the opportunity to get vaccinated, but each individual decides to accept or not ».
Carmelo Ezpeleta: “it is very important for safety, in Qatar and in the other Grands Prix »
He adds : " the vast majority of people have agreed and are very happy to do it, but some cannot do it for different reasons. But we are extremely happy because these vaccinations allow us to increase safety and reduce contamination. This is very important for safety, of course in Qatar and especially in the other Grands Prix. The MotoGP family, the vast majority, will be vaccinated ».
Carmelo Ezpeleta ends by emphasizing the issues: “ our drivers are very popular people, especially among the younger generation. They are very attentive to their health and make their decisions to be as strong as possible, and to avoid infections. We demonstrated last year with our bubble that it is possible to work around the world with few cases, and even these I hope that with vaccinations they can be reduced. I think it's an important model for society and thanks to Qatar, we have the chance to show the whole world how important it is that all our heroes are vaccinated ».
