Already in the run-up there was a discussion about the new stop in the MotoGP calendar. Visas, customs, income tax, medical care...
Finally summer break. Finally time to recover. To cure injuries and find new strength. After eight world championship stops, the first half of the 2023 MotoGP season ended with the race in Assen. In six weeks, the season continues at Silverstone. Let's use the summer break to draw a small interim conclusion. What was good? Where is there still room for improvement? Who were the winners? Who were the losers?
I've been going to the Sachsenring for well over ten years - as a fan, as a media representative, as a blogger, as a guest. The Sachsenring is and always has been something special. It's where I can be as close to my passion as possible. There I can work for my blog and provide you with the latest info and pictures. If you've been going there for so long, you also see changes.
Head and neck trauma, severe back contusions, broken metacarpal bone, shoulder blade fracture, tendon injuries to the outer hip joint, four broken vertebrae in the back, broken lower jaw, severe lung contusion - these are the injuries after two MotoGP races. The season has just started and already there are five retirements. In today's MotoGP race at Termas de Rio Honda, only 17 MotoGP riders were on the grid.
The season opening was supposed to herald a new MotoGP era and yet we saw a familiar problem. A problem that has been running through the MotoGP seasons for years. The understandable need for safety of the MotoGP riders is not sufficiently addressed. Above all, the gravel beds were the central issue.