Barcelona MotoGP Preview: The Home Of MotoGP, Despite Everyone Speaking Italian

Barcelona MotoGP Preview: The Home Of MotoGP, Despite Everyone Speaking Italian “In F1, they speak English, in MotoGP they speak Catalan,” MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta stated at the presentation of the Barcelona round of MotoGP. It was part flattery - he was speaking to a room full of Catalan bigwigs at the time. And it is also not entirely true. As Marco Bezzecchi said to Ai Ogura in the car on the way from the podium to the press conference room at Le Mans, “when an Italian is in the room, everybody speaks Italian”. It’s true, more or less. When Spaniards and Italians gather in the paddock, they invariably speak Italian. Johann Zarco speaks Italian. Jack Miller speaks English as if he were Italian. Italian is the Lingua Franca of the MotoGP paddock, and without at least a working knowledge of it, it is hard to survive. David Emmett Wed, 13/May/2026 - 21:49 * Read more about Barcelona MotoGP Preview: The Home Of MotoGP, Despite Everyone Speaking Italian * 5 comments * * Log in or register to post comments