Motorcycle racing has a problem. The smallest categories in the sport’s two major championships – MotoGP and World Superbike – are causing a worrying number of fatalities.
During the past two seasons there have been four deaths – two in MotoGP’s Moto3 class (for 250cc four-stroke grand prix bikes) and two in WSB’s World Supersport 300 class (for small-capacity road bikes) – all in the same circumstances: a rider falls in the middle of the pack and is hit by following motorcycles.
The root cause of this situation is a fundamental change
