Amid the safety changes made to Misano for its return to the MotoGP world championship calendar in 2007 was the unusual move of switching the track direction from anti-clockwise to clockwise. Crash MotoGP Podcast - Click here to listen to Keith Huewen, Harry Benjamin and our own Pete McLaren talk MotoGP The original direction was used by grand prix from 1982-1993, when Wayne Rainey suffered career-ending injuries after tumbling through a gravel trap raked into deep ruts, for stopping cars rather than bikes. While the change in track direction allowed for greater run-off, it meant previous acceleration zones became braking areas and vice versa. The biggest difference was on the back...
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