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Marc Marquez has called for improvements to the run-off areas at Assen. The comment came after a string of high-speed crashes during the event, in which riders were repeatedly sent flying.
Speaking from having watched it firsthand, today's machine speeds can no longer be measured by old conventional wisdom. If you get flung off in one of Assen's high-speed corners, a rider really does fly through the air. Marquez was right to speak up. If we're going to chase speed, update the runoff areas with the same intensity, that's the point.
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It matters when the current fastest rider speaks up, this can't just be ignored.
Hitting a grass-and-gravel runoff at high speed sends you flying, this is the argument for paving the escape roads.
Assen's a signature circuit, but it's gotten too fast while keeping the old-era design.
It's tricky how a signature circuit loses its character once it gets renovated.
There's been way too many crashes this round, both Bezzecchi and Acosta got taken out.
Right, if this many riders get launched in a single round, the organizers really should act.
If Marquez is saying it, it must be serious, that guy rarely complains about safety.
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