MotoGP’s Grand Prix Commission has revealed it is to ban the use of aerodynamic wings from the series in 2017 – but will allow them to be used for the rest of this season. The Grand Prix Commission is composed of series promoter Dorna chairman Carmelo Ezpeleta, Ignacio Verneda (FIM CEO), Herve Poncharal (IRTA) and Takanao Tsubouchi (MSMA) and was held in the presence of Javier Alonso (Dorna) and Mike Trimby (IRTA, Secretary of the Assen meeting). The statement read… The Commission unanimously agreed that, with effect from the 2017, the use of aerodynamic wings in the MotoGP class will be banned. The actual regulation will replicate those for the Moto3 and Moto2 classes where the use...
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