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Moto2: Technical report confirms rider error as cause of Salom crash
A technical report compiled by independent experts and released today by MotoGP Technical Director Danny Aldridge has confirmed the cause of the tragic incident in which Luis Salom lost his life earlier this year as rider error. Working with independent judicial expert Angle Calzada Gomez and independent telemetry expert Lluis Lleonart Gomez, they examined the data from Salom’s bike to determine the cause of the crash. Gomez reported that his data showed that at the time of the incident the bike was four kilometres per hour slower than its fastest lap but at the time of braking the rider was seven or eight metres closer to the curve than on his fastest lap. He speculated that the...
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