Politician calls for investigation into Liberty Media over monopoly fear

F1 owners still waiting for EU competitions board clearance on MotoGP buyout

A Belgian MEP has asked the European Commission to investigate Liberty Media amid fears of it holding a monopoly in world motorsport as Formula 1 and MotoGP owner.

Belgian MEP Pascal Arimont, who represents the Christian Social Party in the European Parliament, has written to the EU to investigate whether or not Liberty could create a monopoly once its acquisition of MotoGP is complete. When CVC was given the green light to purchase F1, it was ordered by the EU’s competition board to sell its interests in MotoGP.However, in an investors call earlier this year, Liberty CEO Greg Maffei was keen to point out that CVC was only unable to own both F1 and MotoGP due to the limited timeframe it had to purchase the four-wheel series stopping it from going through the regulators.

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