“It’s unanimous – every rider in the safety commission isn’t happy. I know it’s not easy, but what we don’t feel comfortable with is that it’s always different. They aren’t always equal with the same actions.”
These were the words of Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro, and the ‘they’ he is referring to is MotoGP’s FIM stewards panel – back in August of 2020. Circumstances: the more that things change, the more they stay the same. Indeed, as MotoGP embarked on its new era last weekend at the Portuguese Grand Prix with its new-for-2023 sprint format, the headlines of the weekend are being dominated by controversies.
