The Sponsorship Issue - and doing our bit

[ChrisS]

there was a Q&A with Colin Wright on Airwaves Ducati's website a few months ago and he said that the running cost for a season is £1.5mil. Rizla and HM Plant must be about the same, maybe more, the bikes themselves cost £100,000-£200,000 each (when Shane Byrne's 2 GSX-Rs were stolen last season Rizla valued them in excess of £100,000 each)

found the Q&A, question 13 is about the costs also question 16 is about how they go about getting a sponsor
http://www.airwaves-ducati.co.uk/new...64&archive=yes

On the other side of the BSB grid privateer James Buckingham has a £100,000 season budget
http://www.devon24.co.uk/search/stor...ategory=search

I wasnt able to find anything for the teams in between

[NinjaMaster]

Interesting article about a MotoGP summit to try nut the sponsorship issue out.

http://www.crash.net/news_view~cid~0~id~146471.htm

Makes sense to me. If they want to portray themselves as at a high level of professionalism to warrant the big bucks, and they are competing against the likes of F1 for that sponsorship cash, then they have to rival F1's professionalism and leave the warm and fuzzy paddock to WSB.