With the lights of the 2016 season barely extinguished, the 2017 offseason began with its series of testing days in relative anonymity. This is logically more present in Moto3 and Moto2 than in MotoGP. But without most of the media and in front of empty stands, is security as monitored as at a meeting? In Valencia, there was something of a doubt.
A doubt relayed by GP One while drivers fell on the track and were seriously injured. Sam Lowes only took one day to rest from his caper the next day, we know what happened to alex rins with two fractured vertebrae. Iannone took a good one and in Moto2, Nakagami, Quarterly, Brad Binder were among those who hit the asphalt hard. The case NAVARRO being apart. But the reigning South African Moto3 World Champion went through surgery.
Fatality? No doubt, like the risks of the job. But some noted missing inflatable protection while the anti-slip paint on the track boundaries had been worn down by the three days of the Valencia Grand Prix. Questioned, Mr. Security of Dorna Loris Capirossi pointed out that the inflatable protections present were not those of the circuit which does not have any of its own. And he insisted on the fact that safety during testing had to be as efficient as during a Grand Prix.
