The summons of riders to Jerez to collect their explanations about the tests carried out on the track with a production motorcycle highlighted what seems to be an acquired principle for this 2020 season: to denounce is to play. Indeed, the heart of the subject of a discussion which will begin on the sidelines of the Spanish Grand Prix scheduled for July 17 to 19 is the plain of an unidentified competitor against a Fabio Quartarao on the other hand well and truly singled out. , for his laps at Paul Ricard on a Yamaha R1. But maybe this is just the beginning...
Si fabio quartararo will be found at Jerez in front of officials to discuss his laps accomplished on the circuit Castellet, it's not because they noticed something. But because someone caught their attention. An approach that is likely to flourish this season. Thus, since a decision of the Grand Prix Commission taken at the end of May, the END will not carry out engine checks during the 2020 season. It will only carry out final checks in Valencia. But in case of suspicious doubt, she will carry out the checks.
The FIM will not carry out checks on engines only in the event of complaints justified by an opposing manufacturer or in the event of alleged irregularities in external controls. The downside to this decision is that if something happens with one engine at any time, the team will have one less to continue competing.
Only a final check in Valencia
The Federation will carry out external checks of the engine and also on the digital graphics provided by the engineers, but in a short and totally atypical season, the idea is not to open an engine during the year to do an overhaul complete and check that everything is in order.
Instead of starting with seven engines available to each pilot, there will be four, due to the lower number of races scheduled in the calendar. Four months ago, in March, when the Qatar Grand Prix was due to take place, all MotoGP brands had to deliver a sample of their engines to the END. An operation carried out by Honda, While KTM et Aprilia, brands benefiting from the concession points of the regulations, were able to work on the engines until June 29.
