Confusion over when to pit and which tyres to use in Sunday's Sachsenring race reignited the debate on whether F1-style radio communication should be allowed in MotoGP.

Flag-to-flag ꦓrules introduced in 2005 mean that races are not stopped due to weather changes. Riders are instead given the option to pit and switch to their spare bik🦹e, fitted with different tyres.

The🤡 timing of any pit stop is down to the rider and the only way that teams can communicate with their riders during a race is via the pit board.

Having waited too long before pitting at both Misano 2015 and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Germany 2016, Valentino Ros🍸si was perhaps unsurprising in favour of radio technology.

"It's not Formul🦄a One, but for sure now if we can have di♏rect communication with the pit box it can be a lot more easy," said the Italian, who also highlighted his early race mistake in Assen as an example of when radio communication could be useful.

"Sometimes with the pit board it is difficult, for example if you take Assen, if they say to me that I have alꦛready two seconds of advantage, I just have to slow down and I can avoid the mistake.

"So if it's possible have a radio, I don't know why we ไdon't h♔ave. Maybe the cost, but can be important to have yes."

However Marc Marquez and Cal Crutchlow, first and second in Sunday's ꦜrace, felt radios would be the wrong move.

"For me, no, because I cannot imagine leaning into a corner at 200 miles pe🔯r hour and somebody speaking. This is not cars. For me, no way," said Repsol Honda rider Marquez, whose early pit stop decision paved the way for victory. "You🌟 just need to have a good plan before the race.

"In our case everything was clear. In 𒀰our team we work a lot on these situations after 2013 in Australia [when Marquez was blackflagged for missing the compulsory pit stop]. W♉e work very hard to have everything under control but you never know."

"Could you imagine Beefy [crew chief] in my ear halfway around?" smiled LCR Honda's Crutchlow. "I don't think it would b💝e the best plan. But even worse would be Lucio [Cecchinello] in my e💙ar!

"Honestly I don't think it's a great idea. I would be like Kimi in F1. You could imagine what I would say back! I can understand if you don't see your pit b🎃oard, but I think we have enough informatiওon to make a plan, as Marc said."

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The issue of team-rider communication has become more complicated due to the introduction of intermediate tyres this season. Whereas before riders knew they would be changing from wets to slicks or vice versa, some left the pits on Sunday unaware of which tyres were actually on their second bike.

"I didn't know which tyres I had," admitted third place finishe🐻r Andrea Dovizioso. "I checked in the pit lane when I went out and in the beginning I thought I had the rain tyre because I saw the line, but it was the intermediate front and the slick rear."

The Itaꦇlian thinks radios could have a role to play, but over🦹all it is better not to have them. "I think it can be easier to manage everything and can be also better for the safety. But our sport is different than Formula 1 so I think it's better to keep like this" he said.

Race Director Mike Webb said that use 𒀰of radios had been rejected in the past, but they would be willing to allow them if requested.

"The 𝐆official position is we're fine 🦹with it, if that's what they want to do," Webb said. "We went through trials in the past and pretty much it was rejected by the teams and riders.

"At that time, we were prepared to change the rule that said no communication, if that's what they wanted to do. When they said no, we left the rule alone. So the෴re is not an official objection to it if it is what the teams want to do.

"Maybe the technology is better now. Maybe there's a sensible way of doing it. They were worried firstly by the ability to get a clear signal and a secondary issue was the rider being disturbed at th෴e wrong time.

"So it's up to them. If they request🎶 it, we will have a look at it. Now that there is that extra factor of intermediates maybe they'll revisit the radio question. But the idea behind the whole flag-to-flag things is that it is the rider's choice when to pit."

Apart from the technology and distraction factors, the biggest fear surrounding radios in MotoGP is that it could open a can of worms in terms of teaওms issuing tactical instructions to their riders, including the 🎶dreaded 'let your team-mate past' orders in Formula One.