The problem of riders backing off and waiting for faster competitors to come by to latch onto the back of them and take profit of the slipstream has been a constant problem in Moto3, with harsher sanctions introduced in recent years to combat this.
But the problem has also plagued many MotoGP sessions, including Q1 at the Americas Grand Prix on Saturday.
Suzuki’s Alex Rins, who made it through Q1 along with poleman Jorge Martin, says MotoGP must get stricter on this problem to act as an example to the other classes.
“It’s unacceptable. I saw an image posted in FP3, it’s unacceptable,” Rins fumed having been affected by traffic in qualifying.
“We are the big boys, we need to give example to the others.
“I don’t have words to describe the feeling. I was in pushing in Q1, then four or five riders in front stopped. It makes no sense, it’s so dangerous. They need to do something.
“I was thinking now maybe for the qualifying time, five seconds between one rider and the other rider.
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