Japanese GP gets go ahead
Added on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 by Carole Nash Editor
Japanese GP gets go ahead
The Japanese Grand Prix will go ahead on October 2, despite continued protests from leading riders.
The International Motorcycling Federation has passed the Motegi circuit as fit to host the Japanese Grand Prix, which was rescheduled following the earthquake and Tsunami in March.
The FIM were satisfied in a preliminary report that claimed that “the radiation risk during the race event is negligible”.
The full report – which looked at radiation levels from a number of sources including air, environment and food – will be published later this week.
In a statement, the FIM confirmed that “based on this information the FIM will announce later this week that, subject to there being no further serious incidents, the Grand Prix of Japan will take place on October 2 as planned”.
The rescheduling of the race has been marred in controversy however with leading riders, including Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa, claiming that they would not be prepared to travel to Japan.
MotoGP promoter Dorna has claimed that the refusal of riders to travel to Japan is an issue for the individual teams.
