As part of new measures to improve safety in MotoGP, ride-height devices will be banned from race starts after the summer break, according to the report.
This will come later LCR Honda rider Yohan Zarco was injured. At the Catalan Grand Prix, he clashed with Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia and Honda’s Luca Marini. Zarco has missed the last two races with a serious knee injury and ankle injury and is awaiting surgery.
Motor sport The MotoGP Sports Entertainment team, formerly Dorna, has reportedly held ‘several meetings’ with the teams since that incident. The goal was to reduce serious accidents at the start of the race.
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MotoGP to increase the separation of the grid and to prohibit the equipment that rides high at the start
Two rule changes were agreed following a meeting at Balaton Park Paddock on Saturday. The current system will remain for Brno and Assen, but starting from the German GP, ​​the distance between the rows of the grid will increase by three meters.
If the field is more stretched, there should be a little ‘crowding’ at the end of the first corner.
After the summer break, when the season resumes at Silverstone, teams will no longer be able to use ride-height equipment at the start. They are still allowed in the race.
This is a partial ban before a full ban in 2027, which has already been agreed.
Both measures must be submitted to the Grand Prix Commission, but as long as no major issues are found when tested by the Czech GP, ‘this is considered normal’. There is a ‘broad consensus’ between all parties.
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In addition to the restrictions on the height of the device, the rows of the grid are separated by three meters
Pramac rider Jack Miller talks about the controversial equipment used in the Zarco crash last time out at the Italian GP.
“I’ve talked a lot about the ride height tool,” he said. Motor sport. “I believe that the reason everything is more chaotic in turn is because of the vehicle height equipment that everyone has.
“No one has a clear advantage anymore. So we’re all reaching at the same time. We all have to get an unusual amount of brakes, first to go back and, most importantly, to open up the front from 130mm.”
“The incident with Johan … you see the driver’s gap close in front and stabilize and close again. And that’s the brake mismatch not responding the same way. And that’s simply a problem with the ride height equipment.”
Before the accident Gresini rider Alex Marquez suffered one of the worst accidents. In recent MotoGP history, KTM beat Pedro Acosta who cut his bike. This led to a red flag, and the restarted race lasted only one corner after another stop.
Like Zarco, Marquez has missed the last two races, but looks set to make a comeback.
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