Silverstone reignited the debate over the safety and necessity of MotoGP holeshot and ride-height devices following incidents involving 𒈔Alex Marquez and Fabio Quartaraဣro.

Quartararo, comfortably leading and on course for Yamaha’s first victory since 2022, saw his hopes dashed by a rear ride-height device malfunction with seven laps remaining. Team-mate Alex Rins 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:said he suffered the same issue.

Meanwhile, both race starts saw some riders struggle to d🌠isengage their holeshot devices due to the lack 🔯of braking for the fast first corner. 

Others were concerned about abnormally ౠhard braking by riders ahead, as they sought to ensure their devices were released.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez blamed his Turn 1 crash from the lead of the original start on a combination of "the devices and bei𒆙ng too optimistic".

MotoGP has already agreed to ban all ride-height devices, including the extra-low front and rear 'holeshot' (sta𝓀rt) systems, as part of the new technical rules from 2027.

Alex Marquez w🦩as among those who believe an immediate ban on some holeshot use might be ap💎propriate.

However, perhaps surprisingly given his accident, Marquez felt Silverstone didn't need to be on that list, citing low 🐎temperatures as a bigger factor in his f꧋ront-end fall.

“We need to c𒀰heck and be realistic, especially the riders, where we need to ban them,” he said.

“I think it’s not neces𝓡sary to ban them at all tracks, but maybe🐠 [some]. 

"At Le 👍Mans, they need to be♏ [banned], I agree 100%. 

"🌼But here not, the problem here is the temperature.”

Other riders did have issues disengaging their holeshot devices at the fast first corner throughout the weekend, including 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini.

“I made the first lap with the front device activated and it was impossible to take out,” said the Tech3 KTM rider, who suffered the issue in b🥃oth starts.

“I don't know if we have tried to go a bit lower, but it was impossible for me ♋to remove it.”

Meanwhile, Aprilia race winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi had fewer reservations.

“Honestly, I don't know if Alex crashed for thಞe front device. It can happen to crash in the first corner after the start. Only Alex can know this.

“For me, t♛he devices are cool. I started theꦚ MotoGP when the devices were already in there, so for me it’s okay.”

“We need to vote”

Runner-up 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Johann Zarco ꩲalso supporte🍨d the continued use of ride-height devices, although the Frenchman was open to a holeshot ban at certain tracks.

"I like the devices. As discussed after Le Mans, we need to vote or decide among the riders which tracks maybe we need it or not for the start," said Zarco, who had been deꦑveloping a repeatable front ride-height system for Ducati before it was banned for 2023.

"Le Mans I think can be a good solution to not use [the h༒oelshot device]. Here, the first corner is quite fast, but we can brake enough to disengage. Or if you do not disengage 100%, you can disengage a bit later at turn three. 

"Devices for the development have been very interesting. I think it’s still good to keep it because we learn so 𝓰many things about what we can extract from the bike.”

Despite his heartbreak, Qಞuartararo didn't call for a blanket ride🎉-height ban.

"For me, even here it's not really da🤪ngerous," he said.

"You have to brake super super hard to unlock the front, to unlock the rear, and I think Alex's crash wa🎶s at least a little about the front. But the medium tyre is also quite critical in this corner. 

"I'm not the one who makes the regulations, and we are faster 🥃[with it], so we will not take it out if the others are still using it!"

Ducati’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez, who finished third, has been a vocal critic of ride-height devices in the past while at Honda, saying they💙 reduce rider influence.

“Devices make the MotoGP bike easier to ride. Without devices, it’s 👍much more difficult. Means safety,” he said.

“For some starts like Le Mans, ﷽maybe here, that first corner is a bit unsafe because riders are braking in a strange way.

“Last year also here somebo🎀dy impacted another🃏 rider because we brake in a strange way [to release the device].

"But on another hand, today was super wind🃏y and withཧ that rear [ride-height] device the bike was more stable. 

"But what is true is that this makes the MotoGཧP easier.🦩”

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro, returning as a Honda wild-card at Silverstone, took a firmer stance, insisting ride-ꦰheight devices should be banned entirely now that all factories ar♛e using them.

“I said this from t𝔍hree years ago. The rear and the front ri𝓡de-height device… You will never see this in a road bike. I don't understand why we had these devices.

“But you have to be fair, there was nothing in the rule book against it, and so somebody very inte🌊lligent and smart decided to add it on t🔴he bike. So it's not his fault.

“It’s really controversial. Because it's dangerous in some places and it's not fun also for the show. But they have been smart [to find an advantage]. So now we have to respect it. It's d🐠ifficult really.”

Examples of technical rules for specific circuit characteristics include mandatory use of large 340mm or 355mm front brake discs at Motegi, Red Bull Ring and Buriram, plus an exemption to the aerodynami🍌c rules allowing for the removal of side pods at Phillip Island, due to cross winds.