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MotoGP to “simplify” startline rules to avoid repeat of Austin chaos

In a bid to avoid a repeat of the chaos that broke out ahead of last month’s Americas Grand Prix, MotoGP teams will meet at Jerez today to discuss updates to race start procedures.

Marc Marquez triggered farcical scenes ahead of the race in Austin when he sprinted from the grid to the pits to change from a ‘wet’ bike to a ‘dry’ machine – less than two minutes before the scheduled start of the warm-up lap.

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