The handling of the layout change at Barcelona following Luis Salom's fatal accident has highlighted some of the organisational deficiencies in MotoGP, argues Oriol Puigdemont. Valentino Rossi insisted last Sunday that, after what happened during the tragic weekend at Montmelo, he was going to consider the possibility of returning to the Safety Commission meetings, scheduled for every Friday of a grand prix weekend at 5:30pm. The shock death of Moto2 rider Salom preceded the Commission meeting at Catalunya and, once it was decided the race would go ahead, the riders present began discussing the measures needed and, in this case, the layout change. The 10 MotoGP riders in attendance...
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