Who is going to run the World Superbike Championship?

In principal we are still talking with the people to know exactly who will run it, but it will run under the umbrella of Dorna. At the top of both championships there will be Dorna.

In terms of electronics, we know what you are looking at in MotoGP, but what’s the future of electronics in WSBK?

It’s too early to talk about electronics or whatever. In 2013 it will be exactly as proposed by the different parties involved, there will not be any changes for 2013.

Do you think now it is easier for Dorna to find an agreement with the factories for the rules in the future?

Not necessarily. All the decisions have been made in MotoGP with all the parties involved, and we will continue like that. It is important to set up something that is reasonable and possible from an economical point of view. The economical situation is difficult and we don’t know how long this will be. I’m convinced that everybody will understand that.

Does this mean you will do two different meetings with the factories for the two championships?

The technical discussions will be separate, because the manufacturers are not the same in both championships.

As regards the calendar there are four or five dates that are the same for MotoGP and Superbike, are you going to make some changes for 2013?

A. For 2013 the calendars will be as presented. Both are provisional, so things could change, but for sure it’s easy to have some conflicts.

For 2014 your idea is to introduce the standard ECU for everybody, will it continue the same or will you accept some other ideas from the manufacturers during next year?

We always accept ideas from anybody. We are not ‘in favor’ of ECUs or limit of revs or whatever, we are in favor of reducing the costs and increasing the show. This is the main aim of both championships - reducing costs and increasing the show.

Have you had any meetings with any MSMA members after the announcement?

Between the announcement and today, no. We were travelling. We will talk with everybody and we talk at every single Grand Prix with all the parties involved. We will talk separately with them and together if they want. The Grands Prix are normally a place for meetings about everything, there is no special meeting arranged, but of course we will talk to everybody about it.

Is it now easier to talk to Honda from this position?

With Honda it is always easy to talk. We have no problem to talk with Honda, Yamaha, and Ducati who are the three manufacturers involved in the MotoGP World Championship and we will continue to talk to them. We are happy to have the possibility to talk with the manufacturers about the ways to run the championship.