The high temperature in the state of Uttar Pradeshwhich is at the end of its rainy season, prompted the request of the Race Direction drivers on Friday to be taken care of and they accepted, also after consulting two official tire suppliers who also confirm this, to shorten. the number of race laps, both the Sprint this Saturday and the three on Sunday for safety reasons.
The forecast for Saturday and Sunday is that the thermometers will rise to 33ºc, but to that we must add the humidity of 89º that makes it feel like 37º and all the heat that reaches the engine driver and a circuit that they discovered for the first time and also super technically demanding.
“I struggle to breathe when I go down the back straight,” said Aleix Espargaró. “The most demanding thing is the heat. On the straight it feels like your neck is burning and it reaches your legs. It is the hottest circuit of all, it is worse than Malaysia,” explained leader Bagnaia.
After Friday’s Practice, at the same time as the races, the riders talked to the Race Management and thus decided to reduce the number of laps not only for MotoGP, but also for the other two categories. The short MotoGP race will go from 12 to 11 laps and the Sunday races will remain at 16 laps for Moto3, 18 laps for Moto2 and 21 laps for MotoGP, three laps less in all three cases.
Heavy rain ahead of Moto3 Q2
Around 1:45 pm local time, heavy rain forced the start of Moto3 Q2 to be delayed and Race Direction was quick to react. “Due to the wet conditions on a new circuit in MotoGP, if it continues to be wet 15 minutes after the end of Moto2 Q2, the pitlane will open for a 15-minute wet session for MotoGP. 20 minutes after “This session, the pitlane will be opened to perform a quick start procedure for the Sprint Race within one minute,” explained Mike Webb, Race Director.
The problem with this circuit is that braking 1 is already dangerous in the dry, nothing is left unstretched, and in the wet with twenty motorcycles leaving to properly position themselves for the first corner in the Sprint the danger is multiplied . The Silverstone Sprint, which he won Alex Marquez and rewarded the bravest, it was considered the limit of pilots.
Emergency meeting in MotoGP
An hour before the scheduled start of the MotoGP Sprint, there was an emergency meeting in the Race Direction with the riders of the star category who agreed to go all out for two laps in an additional earlier session and, it was assumed, that they would then get one final decision on whether or not the Sprint will run at 4:38 pm local time, three and a half hours less in Spain, with the problem of a lack of natural light to add to the list.
Source: La Verdad
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