Möte i MotoGP

[mordellio]

Möte om däck och traction control i MotoGP. Blir kul att se om det händer nåt.

http://moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/motogp-ezpeleta-calls-urgent-riders-meeting//P1/

 

[Henrik]

Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has called an emergency meeting this evening (Saturday, August 16) of all MotoGP riders to discuss the desirability of introducing single tire and standard ECU regulations in the MotoGP class in 2009.

Nån info om vad som kom fram? Må hända att jag halvsov i soffan i Söndags men hörde inte att vare sig Toby, Julian eller Randy nämnde något om detta?

 

[Dioxin]

Nä det var inget snack om sånt var det inte.

Vi får se vad detta leder till...


//Dio

 

[Gustav O]

Detta var vad de diskuterade/kom fram till.

Yesterday, we reported that all 17 current MotoGP riders had held a meeting to discuss safety with Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta. That meeting took place behind closed doors, and so the exact details of what was discussed were not made public, although it was an open secret that the riders had asked for a single tire rule.

Fortunately for us, the Spanish sports daily AS.com is very well connected, and has managed to find out just what the ideas were that the riders presented to Dorna. The riders had 5 proposals to improve safety:

• The adoption of a single tire manufacturer;
• A directer connection between the throttle and the rider's wrist, so that the riders not left at the mercy of the electronics quite so much;
• Narrower wheels and tires, to reduce grip levels and force riders to go more slowly;
• A return to the 990cc formula, with a top speed limit enforced by electronics, or else;
• Adding more weight to the 800cc bikes, to make them less agile.

The most interesting part of the single tire rule was that all of the Michelin riders were in favor of the proposal, but accepted by only a majority of the Bridgestone riders. A single tire rule would be the easiest proposal to implement, closely followed by narrower tires and wheels. With proposals on tires being mooted at almost every race, a single tire rule is looking almost inevitable.

 

[Neutral]

Adding more weight to the 800cc bikes, to make them less agile.

Är de inte klumpiga nog redan? De klarar inte ens av att lyfta upp dem efter en vurpa. I Japan får man inte körkort om man inte klarar det.

 

[Gustav O]

Punkt ett till tre är väl det som känns genomförbart.
Fyra och fem känns ju mer som önskedröm/larvigt.