All that for this ! We erase everything and start again on the side of the Catalonia. The work on a new chicane on the Montmelo route will have been a wasted investment. During preliminary tests for this seventh meeting of the season, some participants expressed their disappointment with the result. After this first day on Friday, the majority demanded the abandonment of this new portion. She was heard. Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales will be delighted, Marc Márquez less so…
New controversy in sight? We don't know, but perhaps we could have avoided this, in an already tense context regarding the front tires. Let us recall the facts: in 2016, Luis Salom found his death on the Montmélo route in a portion which was banned for the rest of the meeting. The corrective action led to motorcycle drivers taking a portion allocated to Formula 1. Which did not enthuse many people. New work was therefore undertaken.
But the cure was worse than the disease. From this Friday evening, Yamaha officials did not hide their disappointment and their concern. They stood together and other pilots followed as Jonas Folger ou Andrea Iannone. Meanwhile, Marc Marquez declared to anyone who would listen that this chicane was the only solution and that by concentrating on it a little, one could even take pleasure in it.
But it was the sound of abandonment with the return to the worst of 2016 that was heard by the officials. The new chicane that Lorenzo, Ducati rider, found it too well suited to Honda is abandoned. Which will not avoid… chicanery.
In any case, there is one this evening who has an advantage over his colleagues. It is Jack Miller who took this portion five times this morning taking the wrong route. He therefore knows the trajectory to take and at Marc VDS Racing, we are going to take away his GPS…
