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On any Sunday?

Sports are changing all over the world. Motorsport especially is evolving at a staggering rate, but Toby Moody has his own ideas for the future of MotoGP

When I quizzed Carmelo Ezpeleta of Dorna on Saturday about the new rules and whether they had thought of anything else that might improve the show, he said: "Well, we are working all together. Any proposal coming from anybody, we'll be interested. But right now we have all the ideas on the table and they are being considered. We don't know if there are any other ideas out there, but we will consider them."

All sports have gone through all sorts of evolution. Cricket has gone from five-day test matches with thin audiences to the one-day thrashes and the ultra quick fire 20/20 matches.

Motorsport has gone from endurance races and grands prix of three hours to a 45-minute thrash for the MotoGP bikes.

This works. A 10-minute grid, 40-minute race and a 10-minute podium. One hour and you get your satisfaction. Truth told, people don't wait too long after the flag as they have had their gratification. The TV viewing figures the stations have show this: viewers leave in their droves once the core action is done.

Anyway, MotoGP grasped the nettle that didn't sting last year by having the first ever grand prix under floodlights at the season opener in Qatar. The race started at 11pm local time, 8pm in the UK and a very acceptable 9pm in Spain. It was a boom, with big numbers such as any season opening race should have.

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