Cycle News - January 17, 2012

promoter and they need to tell to
us what is in principal,” he said of
his contract with Kevin Schwantz,
the 1993 500cc World Champi-
on. “We are talking with them and
is not any concern right now.”
The Argentine GP in Buenos
Aires is also expected on the cal-
endar.

The Indian Grand Prix could have had its inaugural race in 2012. One of the rumors circulating at Wrooom 2012 was that the 2012 season-opening Qatar GP was moved one week earlier to make room for the Indian race.

“We thought maybe was a pos-
sibility to do it even in 2012, but it
has not been possible,” Ezpeleta
said in response to a general
question about India, adding that
he’d been in New Delhi in De-
cember. “We are talking. Obvi-
ously not for 2012, but maybe for
the future.”
The MotoGP push for races
outside the traditional European
base is beginning to mimic a simi-
lar, and earlier, move by Formula
One. Indonesia is one of the
more populous countries in the
world, and one of the bigger two-
wheel markets, but don’t expect
it on the calendar any time soon.
“You have a circuit?” Ezpeleta
asked with a smile. “Unfortu-
nately, we have to have circuits
to race.”
“We have a lot of demands for
many countries,” he continued.
“Right now, for example, [Dorna
events managing director] Javier
Alonso is today in Korea. I was in
India. Argentina is already con-
firmed. Chile is trying to make a
racetrack. Brazil is talking also.
Then we are not going to In-
donesia. I say, ‘Please make a
racetrack.’ If they want, it’s up to
them.”
Henny Ray Abrams

J&P CYCLES AND THE
EXTREME MAKEOVER

“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” the weekly television show that airs on ABC, contacted J&P Cycles recently to help make a family in Iowa happy. The show, which helps families in need get back on their feet by completely rebuilding their homes in a week, brought J&P into the mix to do likewise to two Kawasakis that were found in the Gibbs family barn.