MotoGP Changes Regulations on Tire Requirements for Wet Race Machine Swaps2014-05-03 16:45The Grand Prix Commission, composed of Messrs. Carmelo Ezpeleta (Dorna, Chairman), Ignacio Verneda (FIM Executive Director, Sport), Herve Poncharal (IRTA) and Takanao Tsubouchi (MSMA) in the presence of Javier Alonso (Dorna) and Mike Trimby (IRTA, Secretary of the meeting), in a meeting held on 3 May 2014 in Jerez, made the following decision: Sporting Regulations Effective Immediately The Commission unanimously decided to modify the regulation concerning the change of MotoGP class machines during a race held in wet conditions. In future, once a race is declared wet, meaning that riders may enter the pits and change to a different machine, it is no longer a requirement that the new machine must be fitted with a different type of tyre. The reason for this change is that a wet race may be held at an event where teams and riders have had no experience of the tyre wear in wet conditions. For reasons of safety it is clearly unreasonable to compel a rider to re-join the race with slick tyres. So, under the changed regulations, a rider may change to a machine that is also equipped with wet weather tyres. A regularly updated version of the FIM Grand Prix Regulations which contains the detailed text of the regulation changes may be viewed shortly on: http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/official-documents-ccr/codes-and-regulations/ Source: MotoGP Click here to visit our forums to discuss this story |
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