After each Grand Prix, Paolo Simoncelli takes up his pen to tell with a mixture of seriousness and humor the “exploits” of its pilots, Tatsuki Suzuki and Niccolò Antonelli.
This time, he protests against what he considers to be an abuse of current Grands Prix, whatever the category: the possibility of leaving the track by passing over the green-painted areas beyond the curbs, then to return to the race without really losing ground.
To be honest, it must be remembered that, in this case, the drivers first receive a warning on their dashboard, before possibly having to take a long lap or concede a position.
According to the father of the late Marco, this nevertheless distorts the very content of the races.
Paolo Simoncelli : " Exactly one week after the Czech Grand Prix, we met to race at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. “Race” is not the right word as my drivers both took the day off and went to the track to watch the race as spectators. But on this subject, I prefer to remain silent. »
« I have nothing else to say except this: “What a horrible Sunday! » Accidents of this magnitude, so horrible to see, so dangerous, without having to cry for someone, it's something incredible. Some will say it's a miracle, others just luck, no matter how you look at destiny, because a teacher has drawn on the board the dynamics of a potential catastrophe leaving room for our imagination. For our mouths wide open, our eyes closed in that fateful moment in front of the monitors and our sighs of relief. This Sunday, destiny only showed us what could happen, to remind us that: “here, it is me who decides but today is not the time to take your gain”. »
« Now I would like to draw attention to something that I consider very serious and that seems to matter to NO ONE. Opinion leaders, journalists... The concrete beyond the asphalt of the track LEADS TO DISTORTING THE RESULTS OF ALL RACES: Moto2, Moto3 and MotoGP!!! I've been saying this for a while and I'll say it over and over again. »
« We don't see real races anymore, they are like the virtual races on the Playstation, where if a driver goes off the track, he can easily come back, overtake and maybe even win the race or come second. Why not play online without risking your life? You could earn even more. But tell me, what is the advantage of a pilot who never makes mistakes? NONE ! Today, it is no longer the best driver who wins, but the most intelligent, who knows better than anyone how to take advantage of the green zone outside the curb and cheat with the regulations. How to make the difference ?
In the name of safety, they gave drivers the ability to go into corners harder and still take risks. Everyone brakes to death “no problem, if I go off the asphalt I can go further”. NO ! These scenes are also visible in MotoGP, as you saw on Sunday at the start. »
« I firmly believe that the time has come to stop this and review this rule once and for all; they could remove the concrete and replace it again with gravel, or they could give HIGHER PENALTIES. I hope that Carmelo Ezpeleta will hear my request, because it seems that the federation commission is not able to notice this problem. »
-PaoloSic58-
