FIM homologates first flag 'light panel' ahead of mandatory MotoGP use
Ahe💛ad of the 2022 deadline for the mandatory use of trackside light panels in M൲otoGP, the FIM has announced the first product to pass its homologation tests.
Each of the FIM circuits on th✱e MotoGP, World Superbike and Endurance calendars will need to install 'T1' ꧅or 'T2' spec homologated light panels to display important safety information such yellow or red flags, plus the arrival of rain.
The move is designed to help address the problem of competitors struggl﷽ing to see waved flags at some trackside marshal posts.

Ahead of the 2022 deadline for the mandatory use of trackside light 🐻panels in MotoGP, the FIM has announced the first product to pass its homologation tests.
Each of the FIM circuits on the MotoGP, World Superbike and Endurance calendars will need to install 'T1' or 'T2' spec homologated light panels to display important safety inf🐷ormation ♕such yellow or red flags, plus the arrival of rain.
The move is design꧋ed to hel♔p address the problem of competitors struggling to see waved flags at some trackside marshal posts.
British company EM Motorsport is the only manufacturer to have passed the FIA requirements for T1 and T2 light panels, but the FIM has now announced that the '768-G2' panel b꧅y Spanish company Pixeꦅlcom (pictured at Assen) has successfully passed its required luminance and colour coordinates tests.
"We are really proud to be the first coꦚmpany in the🌞 world having FIM homologated Light Panels," said Hector Llop, Pixelcom CEO & Co-Founder.
"We installed our first units more than tenಌ years ago and since then, many improvements have been introduced and many circuits are ꦅusing our solutions both for track days and events.
"With this homologation,ꦰ we re🍒ach the most demanding features in the industry, keeping safety standards as one of the most important aspects in motorsports.
"Our goal is to provide the best equipment and services to all ꦉfacilities n🍌eeding these technological solutions, in order to improve in safety and track operations in this new era of motorcycling. "
The new combined F1 and MotoGP light panel requirement w♚ill also mean that every other championship competing on an FIA Grade 1 or FIM Grade A circuit has access to the technology.

Peter has been in the paddock for 20 ye🌌ars and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.