In a first for the motorsport industry, Sportradar’s Integrity Services will provide a range of integrity services across the world’s most notable motorcycles races–the MotoGP, the Moto2 and the Moto3, MotoGP–as part of a multi-year partnership, MotoGP recently announced.
Sportradar’s Fraud Detection System will monitor and analyze betting movements and patterns across all 54 races of the three year-long seasons. Sportradar also will present five education and prevention workshops for participants and stakeholders, plus an eLearning program for all riders and teams.
Dornas Chief Executive Officer Carmelo Ezpeleta said, “Prevention of any problem is always more prudent than cure and for sure betting-related sport fixing is a problem. It is a problem that thankfully has not hit our sport but it is one that is causing real concern across other sports worldwide. We do not want to get to the point where we are remedying a problem that has encroached onto motorcycle racing, if we can avoid it by being proactive and resolute. This is what this partnership is about—about education, about deterrence and about defenses.”
Sportradar Managing Director Integrity Services Andreas Krannich added, “We do speak to sports who feel distant or immune to the problem of fixing. That is not MotoGP’s stance. They have been inquisitive, invested and definitive. They have sought the full suite of our Integrity Services to ensure that no stone is left unturned and that no compromises are made. We look forward to working with them and their stakeholder for the next few years and helping them keep MotoGP an example of best practice in the world of motorsports”.
