On the weekend of last October 3, the MotoGP took part in the Grand Prix of the Americas on the suggestive COTA track in Austin, Texas. From the very first kilometers on the track, the MotoGP riders complained loudly about the state of theasphalt, with numerous holes which have exponentially increased the danger of the route. In the meeting of the Safety Commission, the pilots and Dorna asked to completely resurfaced the first part of the circuit, the one that starts from the second and reaches the eleventh corner, otherwise threatening not to reappear in 2022.
The next October 24 Austin will be staged there Formula 1, for the seventeenth stage of the exciting fight between Red Bull and Mercedes and between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. Asked about the state of the track, the Clerk of the Course Michael Masi minimized any problems: “In recent days I have been in contact with my colleagues from the FIM to get an idea of what was happening at COTA. I was told that the organizers are already working on solving the problems. One of the things they plan to do is to smooth out the bumps, to smooth them out“, assured the Australian.