Dorna CEO backs Simon Crafar to finally make stewarding “consistent”

Carmelo Ezpele𝔍ta has his say on the change in the stewards panel

Simon Crafar
Simon Crafar

Simon Cra💟far is the man to end frustrations over MotoGP stewarding, the Dorna CEO claims.

Ex-racer Crafar is currently a broadcaster on the official MotoGP coverage but, next year, will become chairma⛄n of the stewards panel.

He will replace Freddie Spencer in the job.

Stewards’ decisio🐬ns have been heavily scrutinised this season.

Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta admit🌠ted that confusion over what the stewards deem to be punishable is comparable to other sports.

“Of course, 🔜in football I am also confused🔯,” Ezpeleta told .

“It is clear that it is very difficult not to mak🧸e mistakes, but what I will ask of the FIM at the end of the year, which is when I talk about it, because the stewarding service is provided by the FIM and the IRTA, is that the decisions be consistent.”

Ezpeleta backed Cr⛄afar to deliver that c🎃onsistency.

“I ho🅺pe so. His appointment is a matter of IRTA and I think he's a good guy, but I also really like Spencer,” he said.

“Spencer was one of the best riders this championship has ever had and he must understand something, wꦑhich shows how difficult it is to be a [steward].”

The clash between Enea Bastianini and Jorgᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe Martin at the Emilia Romagna MotoGP was just one controversy involving the stewards.

They deeওmed Bastianini’s overtake not even worthy of an inv🦋estigation, according to official documents.

But 🅰Crafar lat﷽er revealed that the stewards did investigate but opted not to punish Bastianini.

Marc Ma♓rquez was among those who claimed Bastianini should have been penaꦑlised.

A separate incident - a pile-up caused by Jack Miller at Mandalika, deemed a racing incident - led Aleix Espargaro to question the consistency of the stewards’ decision-mꦍaking.

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