Newly-crowned MotoGP champion Jorge Martin was the sufferer of a fierce battle for an viewers between two TV exhibits that compete for the prime-time tv slot in Spain.
4 days after celebrating his first title within the premier class at Barcelona, Martin had agreed to seem on La Revuelta, a tv present offered by David Broncano and broadcast by Tv Espanola on daily basis throughout the week.
La Revuelta was established a number of months in the past as a direct rival to El Hormiguero, which has been on the air since 2006 and occupies the identical time slot.
When the time got here for Martin to seem on TV with La Revuelta, Broncano publicly spoke towards the strain the Spaniard had obtained to show down his look within the hours main as much as the present. Martin, at the moment, was nonetheless within the dressing rooms of the theatre the place the La Revuelta is filmed.
“Immediately Jorge Martin, MotoGP world champion, was going to come back, who, in truth, is down right here, within the dressing room. However half an hour earlier than beginning he informed us that El Hormiguero discovered that he was coming,” lamented the presenter of the Spanish state tv present.
“And since they do not need any visitor to seem right here, moderately than there, they’ve pulled their strings, with the methods of pressuring that they’ve, and Jorge has informed us that he cannot do the interview. He has informed us that he can’t seem on the present as a result of, in any other case, some issues would occur.”
El Hormiguero is a part of the media conglomerate Atresmedia, of which La Sexta can also be a component and which this 12 months reached an settlement with MotoGP promoter Dorna to offer free-to-air protection of as much as 4 grands prix this 12 months (5 after the inclusion of a second race in Barcelona to exchange the cancelled Valencia spherical).
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing
Picture by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Pictures
Because of the nice stir attributable to the accusation made by essentially the most seen face of La Revuelta, El Hormiguero posted a message on his X (previously Twitter), by which it identified that each Dorna and the company that represents the Spanish rider had been answerable for what occurred.
“It has been a misunderstanding of no main significance. Two weeks earlier than the [championship] ultimate, we had agreed to have Jorge Martin completely on our program,” it mentioned.
“Immediately, one in every of their representatives made a mistake by altering the go to they’d scheduled with one other rider. After what occurred, Dorna, the organising firm of the Motorbike World Championship, contacted the representatives to resolve the scenario.”
The entire storm was unleashed because of a social media put up by Martin himself by which he mentioned he would go to La Revuelta on Thursday. The present is thought for not revealing its company earlier than it is recorded.Â
It was a put up that the 2024 Pramac rider deleted shortly, however not earlier than it was seen by El Hormiguero, which doubtless used its settlement with Dorna as a measure to realize its desired goal.
Motorsport.com understands that it was El Hormiguero which instantly suggested the world champion to not seem on the set. In any case, the present with La Revuelta was recorded and might be broadcast – so long as there isn’t a change of script – after Martin seems in El Hormiguero subsequent week.
