The collateral consequences of the last Austrian Grand Prix continue to play out at the Red Bull Ring which now hosts the Styrian Grand Prix. Last weekend was tense and it could have been dramatic if fate had not taken care to spare Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales from what would undoubtedly be a very disastrous fate. But on the political side, the damage is revealed. In question, the FIM MotoGP commissioners. It is now towards them that all the criticism is focused, and not just a little…
The first charge was given by Alex Espargaro, from Thursday: “ I have respect for Freddie Spencer, but I think we need someone who raced MotoGP no more than eight years ago. We need someone who has experienced the same feelings we are experiencing. on these motorcycles and who understands us ».
The second was the work of Danilo Petrucci, who had accompanied the first city for a tension revealed during Q1 of the previous meeting. He initially derided his given warning: “ my mother was very angry, usually she never writes to me and stays calm but this time she was also very angry. I got a warning, which looks like a yellow card, but I consider that Aleix's gesture is much more serious than my gesture, generally in other classes he is penalized ».
And he ends: “ the commissioners did not do an adequate job in general, they did not expose themselves much, but that is another matter, we will discuss it in the safety committee ". The final blow came from Johann zarco, sanctioned for the reasons and context that we know. To the question relating to the work of the said commissioners, he replied: “ I would say it's not an easy job, what they do, but (silence)… no! I don't trust the commissioners to simply answer the question. No ! I don't think these are the right people in the right place. We should have other people ».
To end with whoever opened the topic, Aleix Espargaro, to the same question, replied: “ I understand that it's not easy for them to judge, but it's not easy for me to try to get into the top 10 with Aprilia either. “It's not easy for my engineers to prepare the bike and it's not easy for my wife to be a mother either. It's difficult for everyone and I think there is room for improvement for the commissioners. It's not just me who thinks so, we all agree ».
We will have to restore order in the MotoGP house which had shown itself to be so united and supportive during the ordeal of confinement...
