“It's not ready yet, I'll try again when it's ready”

The Dorna production department has been working for some time on this technology which, once implemented, will offer different applications to the championship, both in terms of security and those related to the spectacle.

Throughout this season, several riders have volunteered to test the system, which aims to go much further than the messages riders currently receive on their motorcycles’ instrument screens.

In this case, The idea is to create the framework for a two-way dialogue between the runner and his team‘s workshop, or race management.. From Aleix Espargaro until Fabio Quartararothere have been different grid members in the heavy motorcycle category who have tested this mechanism, and some of them have positioned themselves more favorably than others.

During the collective test carried out last Tuesday, two days after completing the course, several pilots reinstated the radio and all the equipment that accompanies it.

Michelle Pirro, Ducati tester, and Davide Tardozzi, team manager of the official Borgo Panigale team, were the first to try to exchange messages, as revealed by Motorsport.com.

Then it was the turn of Pecco Bagnaia, who, as usual, once again opposed the use of radio in MotoGP.

“I tried the communication system, but it’s not ready yet. It didn’t work, I couldn’t hear anything and, what’s more, the cable that connects the two devices together bothered me a lot “, commented the double world champion, for his first outing on the track without the number 01.

Bagnaia went even further: “It can be dangerous, so I will try again when it is ready,” added the Turinese, completely in line with his previous statements. Already during the rehearsal after the San Marino Grand Prix, the Italian had insisted on the hypothetical case where the use of the radio would be imposed by the regulations: “I think I will have fines, like Jordan, at every race, because I won’t. Jordan was fined every game for wearing red sneakers. [tenían que ser blancas]. I tried the system and “it hits you in the bones” [duele]: just spend 30 seconds with your fingers on it [para activarlo]It’s starting to hurt, imagine riding for 40 minutes. This makes no sense,” Bagnaia commented at the time.