The ultimate spherical of the MotoGP World Championship will return to Valencia this yr after a yr in Barcelona, with rapper Daddy Yankee headlining the post-race awards ceremony.
The transfer to Barcelona final yr was a results of the Valencia floods that killed 237 folks and destroyed the area’s infrastructure.
Returning to the Ricardo Tormo circuit this yr marks a return to the custom of MotoGP, which has concluded its season in Valencia yearly for the reason that four-stroke period of Grand Prix racing started in 2002.
However the ceremony can be forward-looking, as MotoGP seems to observe F1 into mainstream tradition with adjustments made to the post-race awards ceremony.
The emergence of Daddy Yankee, 49, whose profession stretches again to the Nineteen Nineties and has amassed greater than 50 million followers on Instagram, is actually a part of this push.
MotoGP describes Daddy Yankee as a “world music icon” and his look in Valencia this weekend (November 14-16) comes after his newest tune “Sonríele” reached primary on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart. Daddy Yankee has topped the chart 29 instances throughout his profession, giving him extra high 10 hits than every other artist.
Kelly Britten, who turned MotoGP’s managing director of world advertising in 2024, stated: “This yr’s awards intention to have a good time the game in a manner that displays its world power and keenness.”
“Partnering with Smax Leisure and bringing artists like Daddy Yankee to the stage is a press release of intent. We need to create an unforgettable expertise for our followers and showcase MotoGP as a cultural phenomenon, not only a race.”
After the Valencia MotoGP, post-race testing will happen on Tuesday (18 November) on the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, the place Yamaha will proceed testing its new V4 engine and debut Superbike World Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu in an official take a look at. In the meantime, 2024 MotoGP Champion Jorge Martin will start his second Grand Prix marketing campaign with Aprilia. Marc Marquez’s title protection will begin from the sidelines as he’s unable to trip as a consequence of a shoulder damage sustained in Indonesia.
