Mediaset: “MotoGP without Rossi doesn’t work, F1 costs too much”

Mediaset does not cover the top categories of motorsport. The images of the last Formula 1 grand prix broadcast by Mediaset channels are now lost in the folds of memories, given that just 30 years ago the Biscione television had acquired the annual broadcast rights of Michael Schumacher’s first season with Ferrari – in 1996.
And even a lot of time has passed since the last MotoGP race weekend, 13 years, given that the last MotoGP broadcast by the Milanese publisher dates back to 2013. In an interview published by Gazzetta.it, the president and CEO of MediaForEurope (MFE – the new name of the group) Pier Silvio Berlusconi, ruled out a return of the two queen categories of motorsport on the Mediaset channels: “If we had wanted, we could have taken the MotoGP, but Without Valentino Rossi it no longer works as before. Formula 1 costs too much… I still follow it as a Kimi fan.” F1, Berlusconi admires Antonelli Pier Silvio Berlusconi then revealed a curious anecdote relating to Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes driver and current leader of the F1 world championship: “Kimi is the athlete who has impressed me most in recent months. I love him because he is fantastic and I like everything about him: his smile, the way he speaks, the way he stands with the team, the way he drives and the way he wins. I will be his fan forever because he is a golden boy. We have a mutual friend who on the day of On my birthday he sent me a video of Kimi wishing me a happy birthday on my mobile. I was moved because a Formula 1 champion like him, with all the pressure on him, always traveling around the world, found the time to give me a thought.”

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2026-07-09 18:30:00