MotoGP, Dr Angel Charter: “we don’t want stupidity or indiscipline”

The 2020 MotoGP season will indeed take place. Dorna's efforts, the stubbornness of her boss Carmelo Ezpeleta and the solidarity of the paddock made possible what seemed unthinkable just two months ago. Just be careful: everything is fragile. The hardest part, in fact, remains to be done. Because everything depends on a strict health protocol that must be scrupulously respected. Dr. Angel Charte, medical manager of Dorna, warns the teams that he will not let anything go…

He will be one of the key men of this MotoGP season, and he is the Coronavirus which thus moved him up in the paddock organization chart. It's about Dr Angel Charter, medical manager of Dorna, which no longer only has the function of monitoring the physical state of the injured driver, but rather the health expertise of an entire paddock in a period of pandemic. Which requires protocol, discipline, and isolation from the outside world...

Without that, it's the end of the party, with serious sporting and economic consequences. So, now one month before the resumption of competition on the route of Jerez which will have the air of an entrenched camp, the doctor firmly passes his instructions... " if the first race takes place on July 19, everyone in the paddock will have to take the tests on Friday July 10, stay home this weekend and go to Jerez on Monday " begin Angel Charter.

“Il y a beaucoup d’enjeux”

« We do not want any stupidity or indiscipline, but for everyone to be extremely scrupulous. There is a lot at stake. We have created an application, a database, where each team leader will provide the data of all team members every day at seven in the morning » explains the Doc. “ This is so I can review them and give the all clear, starting the day knowing we are all healthy. At that time I will have the temperature of everyone in the paddock and I will know if they have symptoms or not. ».

To dampen the atmosphere a little more, we will remind you that the Grands Prix will take place at behind closed doors. But this is the world after...