The 2023 season has been tormented by stewarding controversies, most notably the Marc Marquez Portugal penalty debacle and quite a few incidents on the Spanish GP.
Following the Jerez spherical, chief FIM steward and double 500cc world champion Freddie Spencer will meet with the riders for the primary time in a number of years in Friday’s security fee gathering at Le Mans to debate what has occurred to this point this 12 months.
Reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia, who was pissed off at Jerez to have been requested to drop one place for what the stewards deemed was an aggressive overtake, hopes the riders will have the ability to achieve a greater understanding of penalty choices on this assembly.
“I actually hope to have the chance to know their standpoint and to share our standpoint,” Bagnaia mentioned when requested by Motorsport.com what he hoped to realize from this assembly.
“This one might be already a great step, as a result of on this second, personally I am not understanding their standpoint.”
Fabio Quartararo, who was given a protracted lap penalty at Jerez for a collision with Miguel Oliveira within the grand prix which many felt was purely a racing incident, was extra blunt in his response, stating: “I simply anticipate them to do their work.”
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Workforce
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Pramac Ducati’s Johann Zarco feels incidents should not being judged equally and suggests new stewards are wanted who will not “get disturbed by the recognition” of some riders.
“We’ll see,” replied the Frenchman. “We all know that we’re not agreeing with the choices they’re making on a regular basis and that we at all times say it would not appear equal between all of the riders.
“That is why we’ll attempt to have perhaps another guys that can’t get extra disturbed by the recognition of the riders to be extra equal.”
Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales says he’ll merely hearken to what the stewards must say, as he feels it’s onerous to be important of the method with out having achieved the job earlier than.
“I’ve my very own opinion,” he mentioned. “I might not prefer to be on the aspect of the stewards, I believe it is a very difficult job, particularly as a result of one motion you’ll be able to see it in quite a lot of alternative ways.
“I do not know. I’ll keep quiet and pay attention. On the finish, it is their job and I believe the one factor we will ask for is to be equal within the penalties, however I will say it once more: I believe it is a very troublesome job. I might not love to do it. I by no means did it, so I do not know. I believe to know this job you could do it.”
