MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 11 / AUGUST 24-26, 2018
SILVERSTONE / TOWCESTER, UK
P64
Jorge Lorenzo rolls to
the line, but he wouldn't
go any farther.
plained that they couldn't get
temperature in their brakes or
tires. But here you come out of pit
lane and you don't use the brakes
for a long way, so you have to get
them up to temperature yourself.
You have to do it—or put the steels
[discs] back on."
"The asphalt here is a joke,"
Miller continued. "We've been in
much worse rain and been able to
ride. I went to the safety commis-
sion and said what I think, and
Zarco sort of put his hand up."
Another rider who wanted to
race was Scott Redding, another
wet specialist, who was quoted on
social media as saying: "Tell them
all to shut up, and let's go." Red-
ding, however, did not attend the
safety commission.
sighting lap, and they were going
too slow to warm up the tires,
so no wonder they had no grip.
That was before it rained a bit
heavier but if we raced the bikes
would clear it pretty quick."
Later, speaking exclusively to
Cycle News after having put his
point to the riders' Safety Com-
mission meeting, Miller expand-
ed, "In my opinion, we should
have raced. It feels worse than
a crash, doing all the work then
not racing. I think they give too
much power to the riders.
"In this case, yes—it was dan-
gerous, but we are paid to do
this job and if you feel out of your
comfort zone, then slow down.
Ride to the conditions.
"I passed a few people on the
sighting lap, and they com-
he told TV cameras: "No way.
Already on one lap there is too
much water, and aquaplaning on
the straight."
But not everyone agreed—with
Jack Miller a notable protestor
as riders and bikes returned to
pit lane, to stay there for the next
several hours.
The Australian won the Dutch
TT in 2016 in heavy rain, and set
pole in Argentina this year with
a bold move on slick tires on a
damp track. Now he was ready
to race.
"For me, they are taking the
easy way out," he told Dorna's
TV cameras.
"My bike's working fine. You
look for the drier part of the
track, and I wasn't aquaplaning.
I passed a few of them on the
