The safety commission is the meeting where MotoGP riders gather at every Grand Prix to express and discuss safety issues and other concerns with the organization. Now, the creation of a structure to represent the riders is being considered, with Aleix Espargaró being one of the most discussed figures on the matter.
Asked if that riders’ union could change the role of the safety comission, the Spaniard denied: ‘No, no. It’s completely different. The safety commission is something very, very special that we have on this championship and not many places have it. And it’s completely another story. The safety comission will remain the safety commission’.
Regarding the role of the future union, Espargaró said it’s not clear at the moment: ‘Actually the union, I’m not really sure for which specific things are right now. The first thing we need to do is the base. It’s to be all together, to see in which points all the riders agree, where we can arrive. We saw in India that we didn’t agree on the first attempt. The first thing is to be all together and then we’ll see where this brings us’.