Rossi: We’ve been talking about track changes for six years

Valentino Rossi has revealed that racers have discussed each time for the past six years at a safety commission meeting that it would be necessary to change the excursion area in the twelfth turn, where Spaniard Luis Salom died in free practice on Friday.

Salom fell at high speed and slid down the asphalt excursion zone into protective tires, where he hit his engine and succumbed to injuries. “At the meetings of the security commission, we have been warning for the last six years that it is necessary to increase the excursion area there,” Rossi explained. “Unfortunately, some things you can do, others you can't. The excursion area would be difficult to increase as there are grandstands behind the protective fence. Otherwise, several protective fences were erected there, but the excursion zone could not be increased. The old configuration of the twelfth turn was dangerous. Two years ago, Niccolo Antonelli fell there by mistake and stopped in a protective fence. Fortunately, there were no physical consequences. "

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