One of the calls Valentino Rossi made in the aftermath of last week’s disastrous German Grand Prix for him was for the potential introduction of ship-to-shore communications as used extensively in the car-racing world. Last tested by MotoGP nearly a decade ago, Rossi says that it would potentially make the sport safer by allowing pit crews to tell riders when they’re able to back off. “This is not Formula One, but if we had the communication with the box it would be a lot easier. Sometimes with the pit board it’s difficult – in Assen, if they had told me I had already two seconds of an advantage I could have slowed down and not made the mistake. I don’t know why we don’t...
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