INTERVIEW
P78
WORLD SUPERBIKE DIRECTOR DANIEL CARRERA
VIEW FROM
THE BRIDGE
cause I have been 12 years in Dorna, but in the events department
and working directly with Javier
aniel Carrera, the World Alonso. I was the main contact for
Superbike Championship the circuits, for IRTA and the FIM
director, is the man who is to prepare each event. So now it
charged with making the champi- is a big change for me, in another
onship work to its very
position on the top of
best - now and in the
the structure, on all
future.
DORNA'S MAN areas, broadcasters,
He spoke with us
ON THE SCENE teams, sponsors.
at the sixth round of
The situation for
IN WORLD
the championship to
the championship is
try and explain how
SUPERBIKE
in the deepest point,
Dorna views World
TALKS ABOUT if we take into conSuperbike
racing
sideration the chamWHAT HE'S
now that the MotoGP
pionship in the last
LEARNED AND five years. We know
rights owners have
had a chance to look
WHERE THE that we have a very
at their former rival
good asset on our
SERIES IS
series up close. The
hands because the
HEADED
future was also under
action on the racediscussion, especialtrack is very nice but
ly those aspects that
the reality, due to the
affect the technical and logistical economic situation of the world,
possibilities in the short term.
is that the teams are struggling to
What are your first impres- finish the season. The broadcastsions of World Superbike now ers are not receiving the audience
that you have been on the job figures they were expecting, so it
is a big task to put everything in
for some time?
It is a big change for me be- the proper line to start growing.
BY GORDON RITCHIE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
D
Dorna's Daniel
Carrera is now
the director of the
World Superbike
Championship and
it's his mission to
improve the series.