This is the epilogue to the racing incident last Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez. An event to be officially classified among the racing facts which left the two Ducati officials and a Dani Pedrosa who had already been put on the ground after a fight with Johann zarco during the Argentine Grand Prix. The Honda official recovered with a broken wrist which was convalescing during his national meeting. This time fortunately unhurt, the teammate of a victorious Márquez wanted to speak about the facts to the race management who refused to receive him. Total lack of respect? No. Lack of knowledge of the new procedure. Pedrosa did not knock on the right door and it was the President of the FIM who explained it to him while enlightening us…
Presented brutally, there is something to be moved by. Mike Webb, from the race direction, did not deign to receive Dani Pedrosa, victim of a triple collision, and who wanted to go talk to him about the accident. The Spaniard also had no intention of filing any complaint. A mistake on the part of the official? Nay! He even has the full support of the President of the FIM, Vito Ippolito who declares on solomoto : " first of all, I would like to say that I consider Dani Pedrosa to be the most correct of all drivers. We often meet and talk about safety, racing incidents and driver behavior ».
That being said, he recalls the procedure and the regulations: “ in the past, Race Direction had all the responsibility, whether for the race itself or for the penalties imposed on the drivers. And then we thought it would be better to separate these two areas, on the one hand because the Race Direction is very busy. She must decide how to place the grid, whether to run a race in 'wet' or 'dry' configuration, when to present a red flag... and many other points. On the other hand, the way of approaching the event is totally different. A judge does not have the same functions as a Race Director ».
« Race Direction is very busy. She doesn't have enough time to manage the race and penalize. We believe that by separating these two structures we will have better results. The fairness with which penalties are imposed is very important. It is for this reason that we took such a decision and that since last year, the FIM Stewards are responsible for all penalties in MotoGP. Mike Webb was right not to receive Pedrosa ».
So, by going to see Mike webb of the race direction, Dani Pedrosa went to the wrong door, which remained closed...
