Maybe you guys can help ...
I know that the amount of testing that the teams are allowed to do is a lot less than in the past but is it having a detrimental affect on the series? This is prompted by something said on Eurosport yesterday about the lack of wild cards and having thought on it by the failure of Rossi & Ducati this year and the Honda chatter issues.
Firstly, does it reduce costs that much? Secondly, why is that the riders can only a proportion of the testing and the rest must be done by test riders? Thirdly, do the CRT teams get more testing time and if that's the way it's going, surely they should get more? Finally, would more testing make the sport safer as there would be more time to solve issues without having to make guesses due to time restraints?
I know that the amount of testing that the teams are allowed to do is a lot less than in the past but is it having a detrimental affect on the series? This is prompted by something said on Eurosport yesterday about the lack of wild cards and having thought on it by the failure of Rossi & Ducati this year and the Honda chatter issues.
Firstly, does it reduce costs that much? Secondly, why is that the riders can only a proportion of the testing and the rest must be done by test riders? Thirdly, do the CRT teams get more testing time and if that's the way it's going, surely they should get more? Finally, would more testing make the sport safer as there would be more time to solve issues without having to make guesses due to time restraints?
