Bumps have been an ongoing issue at the Austin venue, leading to complaints from both Formula 1 drivers and MotoGP riders.
When MotoGP returned to COTA last year after missing the previous season riders were quick to express their concerns, led by future 2021 champion Fabio Quartararo, who branded the circuit a “joke”.
“It’s more or less a track I use to train with a motocross bike, but much faster and with a MotoGP bike,” Quartararo said. “So, it’s really bad. I can’t imagine it, we said three years ago they need to resurface and it’s even worse.
“It’s just acceptable to race, I don’t know what to say. But it’s a joke. It’s not a MotoGP track for me. To make a race here – for one lap it’s OK – but for 20 laps, we will see that there will be some bad moments.
“You see a lot of bikes shaking in Turn 10. The thing is the bumps are in the worst places possible, because if you have bumps in Turns 1, 11, 12, it’s OK because it’s slow corners.
“But Turn 1, Turn 2, 3, 10 are the…
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