The MotoGP riders' safety commission will review the proximity of walls to the track at Motegi on Friday after both Alex de Angelis and Pol Espargaro suffered frightening falls during the Japanese Grand Prix weekend. De Angelis remains in intensive care in Dokkyo University hospital after colliding with a barrier in FP4 while the younger Espargaro brother was extremely fortunate to walk away uninjured having impacted a track-side wall at over 200kph. On Thursday at Phillip Island several riders including Espargaro, Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso said they would address this issue in the safety commission meeting that is scheduled for Friday. “Always we need more run off,” said...
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