Bwin, the international online betting operator, has been confirmed as the title sponsor of motorcycling’s MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix on the eve of the 2025 edition.
The deal was struck by Dorna Sports, the commercial rights holder and organizing body for MotoGP, and will see the race officially renamed the Bwin Grand Prix of Austria.
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Bwin succeeds CryptoDATA, the Romanian blockchain-based cybersecurity firm, which held title sponsorship for the event from 2022 to 2024.
This year’s event, held at the Red Bull Ring at Spielberg, started today and will run through the weekend (August 17), with domestic coverage provided by Austrian free-to-air channel ServusTV as part of a deal running through 2026.
Along with the top-tier MotoGP, that deal sees ServusTV air the second-tier Moto2, and third-tier Moto3, as well as the MotoE World Championship and the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup.
The title sponsorship comes a year after a new hosting contract was agreed between the Red Bull Ring and Dorna Sports that will see the race feature on the MotoGP calendar until at least 2030.
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By GlobalDataIn 2019, a hosting contract was signed until 2025, and the new agreement extends it to run for an additional five years.
Before returning to the calendar in 2016, Austria held a motorcycling grand prix every year from 1971 to 1997, except for 1995, when the event was held at the Salzburgring in Salzburg.
MotoGP’s renewal with Red Bull Ring came as Dorna Sports continues to reinforce its racing calendar after securing an unprecedented MotoGP rights renewal through 2060 back in September 2024, striking several contract extensions with existing circuits.
That deal came after the promoter was acquired by Liberty Media, which owns motor racing’s iconic Formula 1 series.
Through that agreement, which was completed earlier this month, Dorna will remain an independently run company attributed to Liberty Media’s Formula One Group tracking stock.
Last month, Dorna Sports agreed a new contract with Japan’s Motegi Mobility Resort circuit until 2030 and confirmed Argentina’s Autódromo Oscar y Juan Galvez as host to the Argentina Grand Prix from the 2027 season after a three-decade absence.
The organizer also agreed a new contract to keep the German GP at the iconic Sachsenring circuit in Saxony until 2031, while in April it signed a multi-year extension to continue staging the French Grand Prix at the iconic Le Mans circuit, also until 2031.
Other extensions include Spain, keeping the Valencia Grand Prix at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit and the Catalan Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for another five years.
Along with the Austrian Grand Prix, last year saw a deal for the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve circuit in southern Portugal to remain until at least 2026, while the Automotodrom Brno in the Czech Republic returned to the championship this year and will remain on the series calendar until at least 2029.
