Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have both stated they will attend Friday’s MotoGP Safety Commission meeting, having controversially skipped the previous meeting at Barcelona. The factory Yamaha riders were criticised for failing to attend the regular Friday evening slot in the wake of Moto2 rider Luis Salom’s death in a practice crash at the Catalunya track’s high-speed Turn 12. The 10 riders that did attend the Barcelona meeting unanimously supported the decision to switch to the Formula 1 layout of the Spanish venue for the remainder of the weekend. Rossi in particular was slammed by Tech 3 rider Bradley Smith for not having attended a single Safety Commission meeting since his...
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