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FEATURE Tim Gajser, Team HRC, 2019 MXGP World Champion: They are trying to make some elements on the tracks now to stop the speed, like braking jumps. But I think these things break the rhythm and it can be difficult find the flow. It might be more dangerous with them there because you don’t feel good on the track. You spend the rest of the lap trying to get the rhythm back, find it and then hit the braking jump again! It gets boring. The other guys will give you a different answer! Shaun Simpson, RFX KTM, MXGP: There is a bit of inconsistency with what is ripped and what isn’t. Everyone can go through a wave section really fast if there are no lines or ruts in it. If there are lines, bumps and ruts then there is not easy and it gets technical. A wave section gets chewed up very fast on sand and it becomes one of the best passing places on the track. Of course it can be tough to adjust many tracks. Places like Loket cannot be ripped that deep, or any more than it usually is. Some of the newer places - and where it is
high] especially for our tracks in Europe that are mostly very tiny narrow and not so many lines. They dry quickly and there is a lot of hard-pack. The 250 class is very good at the moment for the world championship because the power is so strong that is almost compares to my old 350. So to reduce the power in the MXGP class is not a bad idea and would mean fewer injuries. Antonio Alia Portela, FIM CMS President: If you step backwards in a sport like this then you can make mistakes. You have to go with the stream. Just reducing things or taking things away from riders is difficult. What we can do is get onto safer tracks…in many aspects. We have to figure out how to make the riders safer and that might mean moving areas inside and outside the track: A table-top that sends the riders too high and the landing is suspect is another problem. Injuries at this level usually mean broken bones. 450s: TOO FAST? easier to move dirt around - then I feel there could be improvements on the way it is built. It is always difficult to get something that everybody is happy with but from a safety aspect the tracks I like are more about a 40-50kmph average speed and 60 is way-too high. The solution? Tony Cairoli, Red bull KTM: I don’t think it is a bad idea to reduce the power of the bikes because the 450s are on a level [that is very Rene Ebert, Chief Mechanic, Monster Energy Wilvo Yamaha: Electronics? A control ECU? I like this. If you get three or five ECUs and a rev limit on a 250 of say 14,500 rpm the costs would be much lower because of the engine service, so we can run longer and I think it would be fairer amongst the guys. I would also go back to having just one race bike. Everybody talks about budget but we carrying two bikes just as back-up for MXGP Timed Practice or if something happens on the Sighting Lap. When something breaks it is the engine and if a professional team cannot change an engine in less than an hour?! Maybe we’ll have more money for teams and riders but I guess some brands don’t want this. A 450 is not too much about revs compared to a 250 but a form of control would help. I don’t think it will happen though because some brands put a lot into development. It is all a competition. Wim van Hoof, Chief Mechanic, Standing Construct KTM: A control ECU would help for sure. You can do a lot with that. We run GET
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