Roughly speaking, the distance between Misano’s Marco Simoncelli circuit and the Mandalika circuit in Indonesia is about 12,000 km (or 7,316 miles to be more precise). That is not very impressive in isolation.
But the perception changes a little if we take into account all the equipment that has to be moved, including the bikes of the teams of the three categories and that of world championship promoter Dorna, between the venues staging rounds 14 and 15 of the 2024 MotoGP season in a matter of days.
The cancellation of the Kazakhstan Grand Prix less than two months ago and pre-existing commitments made with television companies forced the championship officials to look for an event to replace the inaugural visit to Almaty. After considering various alternatives, a second round at Misano held a fortnight after the San Marino GP was the least traumatic option.
However, the need to link the Emilia Romagna GP with the next event, just a week later in Indonesia, has presented numerous complications. Dorna’s finely-tuned logistics division has therefore planned a minute-by-minute itinerary to ensure the bikes will take to the track in Lombok on Friday.
Carles Jorba, Dorna’s Director of Operations, is an expert in this type of movement. He is confident in the roadmap, which will be set in motion just as the MotoGP race at Misano finishes, some ten minutes before 14:00 local time. Fortunately, the weekend’s main event will be brought forward by one hour from its usual time, a decision taken to avoid coinciding with Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix.
The clock will truly start ticking at 14:30 local time, 45 minutes after the end of the MotoGP race, at which point fans who have taken part in the traditional track invasion will be evacuated.
Once the podium celebrations conclude on Sunday, Dorna’s action plan can begin
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“We didn’t want to compromise the public’s enjoyment,” Jorba tells Autosport, before beginning to detail the different stages of the journey. This begins with the loading of the trucks at the Misano circuit itself, following a particular choreography to optimise time.
“Loading a truck takes an hour, and then we will have another six hours on the road to Malpensa airport in Milan,” explains Jorba. “We have already been talking for weeks with the authorities there, who have the sequence in which they will receive the boxes. Everything has to be inspected before we get…
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