Who understands what is going on in this document thrown out by the MotoGP Court of Appeal regarding the procedure initiated by Honda, regarding the second decision of the FIM commissioners sanctioning Marc Marquez? Apparently no one since legally informed officials at the head of official teams in the paddock understood nothing. And they make it known.
If MotoGP wants to get even a little closer to a Formula 1 who happens to cite him as a reference, we will have to seriously raise the level of those responsible. The latest distressing episode occurred this Thursday in Austin where, in the middle of the pilots' press conference, this document of the MotoGP Court of Appeal which everything but a decision.
However, the subject is sensitive, and it remains so because nothing is closed. Lynn Jarvis from home Yamaha commented on GP One : " I'm a sort of specialist in contracts, legal issues. So I read the press release carefully, I wanted to understand why this decision to suspend the sanction. For me it's very strange, I don't understand why it doesn't matter if Marc is here in Austin or not ».
« It was enough to write everything correctly, but for that you have to think twice and be good enough to do it in MotoGP »
The Englishman refocuses the debate: “ Is Honda's call fair or not? It doesn't change whether the driver is there or not. I don't understand why having this other extension, it's strange. If he had been here in Austin, they would have had to make a decision before the race. So I don't understand ". And he ends: “ we can still improve in MotoGP and I think that even with this type of sanctions and decisions, we need to be more professional and also correct from a legal point of view ».
A final judgment as confirmed by his counterpart at ApriliaEither Massimo rivola who is even more severe on the competence and impartiality of officials: “ honestly, I'm not surprised. After all, they wrote it wrong and now they have to figure out how to get out of it. It was enough to write everything correctly, but for that you have to think twice and be good enough to do it. I honestly don't know how to comment. This story is also a bit boring. The message for me must be clear: drivers who make mistakes must be penalized and the referee who sanctions them must be present, competent and above all strict with this new race format. Otherwise, we are in the third race and five drivers are missing ».
Now this question arises: how can a high-level, internationally renowned sport evolve when the legitimacy of all its leaders is so questioned by its stakeholders?
