When Dorna revealed its 2020 calendar making it official that there would indeed be a MotoGP season this year, the entire Grand Prix paddock was relieved. But be careful, the coin has its other side. In this case a strict health protocol which must be scrupulously respected by all professionals. Doctor Charter will take particular care of this. Another official drives the point home on this essential issue in the person of FIM safety for MotoGP Franco Uncini. He gives us a reminder, now a little more than two weeks before the first meeting in Jerez…
The pandemic of Coronavirus forced a review of the organization of global events open to the public. Health protocols have been developed with the force of law, under penalty of end of game... This is the case for the MotoGP et Franco Uncini, 500cc champion in 1982 and now head of safety END for MotoGP reminds us of the importance that everyone's behavior will have in these very special moments.
On the device, he specifies: “ everything will be done in a super protected way to ensure that all members of the paddock have no contact with the outside world, and so, for example, with the rest of the hotel guests. The only movements we will make will be from the hotel to the circuit and vice versa. We have planned transfers of this type throughout the weekend. The only transfer at the discretion of the team for the moment is from the airport to the circuit ».
Revaluation in Brno
Safety for drivers, mechanics and championship staff. But, despite everything, a positive case of Coronavirus is revealed? “ I can't give a sure answer on this, but the most common opinion we have is that we will not stop everything. We will quarantine the infected person and those who have been in contact with them ».
Given the elements of the atmosphere, we feel that the closed session will be the inevitability of the year. However on AS... " For the first two races we have decided to exclude the public and the press, but every week we will review and analyze the situation. This is the situation for Jerez, but from Brno we will evaluate things ". Finally, Uncini does not exclude the possibility of organizing autumn races outside Europe.
