The most innovative part of MotoGP's three-pronged response to teenage fatalities in junior ൩class👍es this season is development of 'automatic, near-instant warning systems for all following riders/motorcycles'.

The tragic accidents suffered by Moto3/SSP300 riders Hugo Millan (14), J🥃ason Dupasquier (19) and Dean Berta Vinales (15) all followed the nightmare scenario of a fallen rider beꩲing hit by other competitors.

The purpose of the new warning system is therefore to try and alert riders as soon as an accident occurs. 'The fi🍸rst tests will start 🌱as soon as the beginning of the 2022 season, and the system must and will be applicable to Championships of all levels, including Talent Cups'.

Details of how the system might work have been sc📖arce, with airbag deployment or bike sensors among the possibilities for triggering the system 'automatically' in the event of a rider falling.

Yellow flag alerts sent to Race Direction by marshals might also be a🅠 trigger option, but that would mean🎶 the warning system relying on human input rather than being truly automatic.

Either way, it appears that once triggered by a rider falling, the warning systꦉem cou🐭ld make use of the rear 'rain' light located at the back of each bike.

During Friday practice at Portimao, riders took to the track with the red lights - currently only used in wet conditions, to help fol🍰lowing riders spot bikes in the spray - illuminated to see if they was still visible in bright and sunny conditions.

The idea seems to be that if the automatic warning system i♈s triggered by a fall, the red light on each bike will flash to warn other riders of an incident ahead, in addition to the usual display of yellow flags by marshals and lighting panels.

"From FP1, I saw all the bike lights were on," said LCR Hondaꦰ's Takaaki Nakagami. "Even during the middle of the day with the sunshine, it was quite easy for me to see it. So it's good for the future.

"I heard that for the futᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚure, I don't know if next year or two years later, they are thinking for if there are yellow flags then all the bikes will start to blink the lig♚ht, and they wanted to test.

"But this time it was just like in wet conditions, where they are switched on the lights all the ti🍎me. But with the sunshine and blue sky, I expected it to be more difficult to see. But to be honest, even during riding it's quite easy to see. So I think it helps for the future, for safety, for the yellow flags, and to understand more easily."

Nakagami's o🏅nly concern was that some lights are currently easier to spot t꧋han others.

"Just it depends, because [the lights] have a different position on all the manufacturers, so it looks like the Yam👍aha is more easy to see. But Honda and Ducati, it's a little bit difficult, the position is not in the centre, a little bit down," he said.

Aprilia's Maverick Vinales added: "I think it's very interesting because it's 𒐪very easy to see the light and if there is no light and then suddenly you ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚsee the light come on it means there are yellow flags. So yeah, it's quite easy to see that there is a yellow flag without losing the concentration."

"You cannot see as clear as when it’s raining becauꦉse of the sun. But it’s nice. Sure it’s helpful. It’s not pr♔oducing any problems," agreed Repsol Honda's Pol Espargaro.

Espargaro also suggested that his present Daine🍸se system of a flashing red light on the leathers when the airbag is deployed should be more wi🐷dely used.

"My leather brand Dainese is using a light on the leathers. When you crash it starts shining in red. It’s a super good idea," Espargaro said. "Wheಞn you’re on the floor, it’s pumping in red.

"The organisation wants to go in the direction of the bike with the red lights in theও rear. Dainese has been thinking earlier and faster than Dorna and this [red light on th꧂e leathers] is super safe as well."