The 2023 season-opener this weekend, which will feature the first Sprint race, is at Portimao where riders have complained for years abouꦰt the size of the pieces of gravel surrounding the circuit, likening them to “rocks”.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio di Giannantonio was left concussed after crashing during preseason testing at Portimao, leaving 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro to rܫage that the riders’ concerns had not been acted upon.

B🌸ut “dozens of trucks” distributing regulation-sized gravel have arrived at the circuit ahead of the Portuꦉguese MotoGP, according to .

Turn 1 and Turn 7, particularly problematic areꦯas, were being worked on.

But the same report questions: “Are these just co💃smetic changes?”

The changes to the gravel will be inspected by FIM safety officers in the mid𒉰dle of this week, before the season-opening grand prix.

Pictures of the new gravel at Portimao

E𒅌spargaro had been left fuming after seeing Di Giannantonio ruled out o♕f the final day of preseason due to concussion caused by the gravel: "I don't want to talk about it anymore, we've been talking about it for four years and nobody listens to us. We have said it many times. 

"What do the MotoGP riders do when they are not listened to by tho🐠se responsible? What am I supposed to do? I can't do anything. 

"We can express our feelings, nothing more.”

Keith Huewen said on the ltxcn.top MotoGP podcast: "The rocks are the size of half a brick, when they should be 8-20mm. There is a graded side of gravel which should be in the runof📖ﷺf areas. Portimao has builder’s yard bricks in the gravel!”