“MotoGP is making the same mistakes that Formula 1 made 10 years ago”

Pit Beirer is the latest to criticise the aerodynamics of MotoGP and thღeir impact on the riders, and the excitement of the races.
⭕Riders this year have complained that overtaking is too difficult, essentially giving them a choice between overheating their tyres⭕ by following or creating a dangerous slipstream.
"I just don♈'t understand why our g🅺reat sport is now making the mistakes that were made in F1 ten years ago," Beirer is quoted by .
"I don't want to complain that aerodynamics are 🃏bad for the sport.
“We just need to♛ improve in this area and we're working on that𝓰.
“It's an issue that will stay with♑ us for a long time because we're investing a lot of ♛money and we can't let the excitement and the audience go back.
"I🌃 gather from my conversations with [Aprilia boss] Massimo Rivola that he also has the same concerns.
“They see this problem in the same way as we do at KTM, ev﷽en though Aprilia has a ✨very competitive bike with a very good aerodynamic package.”

Some riders blame the wings that have become standardised on the fairingsౠ of every bike.
It ha🏅s left them accusing each other of potentially dangerousꦐ manoeuvres when trying to overtake.
💃MotoGP in 2023 has been littered with crashes and, as🔯 a result, injuries.
"F1 left that path precisely be⭕cause🎐 of that," Beirer said.
Casey Stoner shared this criticism last weekend, telling : “Winglets, gone. Ride height devices, gone. Anti-wheelie, ♈gone. Traction control cut to a safety level and nothing more. Half this shit needs to go.
“There needs to be a cap on the rules that is there for 10 years, so that manufacturers can r💛easonably catch up to each other and not keep moving this🌠 imaginary rule system that doesn’t really seem to be there.
“Even when I was there, I remem▨ber people saying ‘oh we can change the rules to fit that’. What’s the point of a rulebook if you can change it?
“All of this stuff, it’s pushing the price up so far, and you’ve got half t♛he bikes on the grid ❀dictating who’s allowed to beat who. It’s not fair and it’s not the way a world championship should be.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to 🅺F1.