F1 Owner Liberty Media Announce Purchase Of Dorna, Subject To Approval

Widely rumored, and now official. Today, April 1st, 2024, Liberty Media announced they have acquired 86% of the shares in Dorna S.L., the company which owns the rights to the MotoGP and WorldSBK world championships, as well as other series.

The announcement means that Liberty have bought out both Bridgepoint Capital and the Canadian pension fund CPPIB. But they also appear to have acquired a small part of the shares held by senior Dorna staff.

The details of the purchase can be broken down as follows: