News Summary

• In MotoGP, more than 40% of the riders were born in Spain, a fact that in recent times has generated controversy.
• The teams are beginning to look for riders who are not Spanish nor, to a lesser extent, Italian.
• Ai Ogura (Japan), Diogo Moreira (Brazil) or David Alonso (Colombia) are highly valued.
• Franco Morbidelli, a friend of Valentino Rossi and the first member of the VR46 Riders Academy, was born in Rome to an Italian father and a Brazilian mother.