Next season, Simon Crafar will step away from the commentary booth to take on the role of Chairman of the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel, succeeding the heavily criticized Freddie Spencer.
During Saturday’s broadcast on the championship’s official website, the New Zealander made a promise: ‘Please, give us a little bit of time in the new one as well – I’ll not give up, I’ll do my best. I promise you that’.
Crafar acknowledged the challenges of the position and shared his approach: ‘I’m replacing Freddie Spencer upstairs, and it’s not going to be easy; you can’t keep everyone happy on that job. But really I’m going to try to do it how I believe it should be done. Or at least, I’m just going to go on what I genuily think should happen’.
The former rider also asked for patience as his work begins to take shape: ‘The other thing is, I need some time, because in any position like that, it takes time to change things: some things might take two years to get changed how I want. So, you can’t do everything; do something straightaway, but not everything’.