The legitimate desire of the promoter Dorna to move its MotoGP further upmarket and into the firmament of motor sports will result, in 2023, in a calendar with two new countries and a Grand Prix format revised and corrected with the arrival of the races sprint. But the real cultural revolution which will give the impetus for real progress will be to eradicate situations exuding unacceptable amateurism and behavior that is far from the mark in the paddock, which has already made Fabio Quartararo say that the vast majority of people who the people have nothing to do there. If this improvement is finally done, then we should no longer see these unacceptable images revealing an intolerable situation that they want us to forget about the last Australian Moto2 Grand Prix.
The story didn't make any headlines and probably because it took place in a Moto2 which doesn't concern many people. But it deserves to be highlighted. This concerns the fall, during the category race at Phillip Island, of Jorge Navarro, a racing incident shared with Simone Courses. But the unfortunate NAVARRO fractured his femur in this accident and was unable to leave the side of the track under his own power. Due to his injury, which has since been operated on, he had to be evacuated carefully. The kind of situation that deserves to raise a red flag. But he never came. And the injured rider thus remained in the grass with Moto2 still racing, almost brushing against him. It should be noted that the track marshals were also in danger.
These images ask this question in MotoGP: but what must happen for us to have a red flag?
The photos are on super7moto and notably provoked this reaction from the Moto2 rider Marcos Ramirez who expressed his frustration on Twitter after the race: " I do not understand. A driver one meter from the track for three laps after another motorbike hit him, in a dangerous place… What must happen for us to have a red flag? “. The question is still relevant because officials have apparently decided to forget this near-scandal. Among the pilots concerned, nothing is mentioned either.
This general atmosphere creates a sort of unease which makes one think that life of NAVARRO had then been less considered than the timetable to be respected for the MotoGP race in the decision chain at Phillip Island. And while we're at it, if the drivers bring it back too much, will they suffer abuse in their team as was revealed in recent Moto3 videos ? These two facts, plus open jumpsuits seen too many times this year, may have fundamentally nothing to do with each other, but they show that there is no need to spend millions of euros on security when, sometimes, a penny of common sense saves the day. It is true that in Formula 1, we also see crane trucks on the track as single-seaters pass. It's just as distressing and it's unbearable when you claim to be the elite, on two or four wheels.
