If we want to have a common life in the next world, we have to go through this. Or die out slowly in a confinement that is first anesthetic, then euthanizing. It is not with joy of heart that the promoter Dorna with, at its head, its President Carmelo Ezpeleta, will impose Grands Prix behind closed doors with a paddock in the middle that looks like an entrenched camp. But it is like this today: a strict health protocol is necessary as a key to any organization. The one who is in charge of it in MotoGP, Doctor Angel Charte, tells us about it…
The latest news from the Spanish government is a joy which allows us to envisage with more serenity an opening of the MotoGP season on July 19 in Jerez. That being said, a medical protocol is now required to have the right to live in a territory. Angel Charter, medical director of the championship and one of those responsible for planning the intervention, finalizes it and explains its ins and outs: “ the protocol is still being defined between Dorna, the FIM, the manufacturers, the teams and the circuits » he begins.
« It will be very strict, because in a situation like this we cannot take the slightest risk. We have established rules that must be scrupulously followed by everyone who travels. Those who break them will be severely punished. I'm sorry because most of them are coming out of confinement, but the environment you find in the paddock, especially at the first events, could be even more restrictive. Mainly because we will be going to countries that are hopefully in more advanced stages of decontamination. »
Strict rules to be respected under penalty of sanction
« The idea is that every morning we receive clinical parameters from each person that will help us identify possible Covid-19 positives. » explains the Spanish doctor who then clarified: “ everything will be very sector specific, so it should be very easy for us to follow the trail if there is a positive. Crowd movements will be much more limited than usual. »
« In addition, there is also a specific protocol for commissioners and doctors. We will have a Covid-19 analysis area, where we will analyze cases that we suspect. As soon as there is a positive result, we will isolate it and take appropriate action. Now we know this disease very well because it also has very clear symptoms. »
A device which should allow daily tracking of each individual in a closed environment. There will be mandatory and time-consuming procedures that will impact everyone's schedule. But this is the world of now, brought about by the coronavirus…
