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MotoGP to use F1 layout after complaints

– MotoGP will revert to using the Formula 1 chicane, rather than the newly-constructed chicane, for the remainder of the Catalan Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.MotoGP, and its support categories, adopted Formula 1's layout during last year's event, following the fatal accident involving Moto2 rider Luis Salom in Friday practice at the fast right-hander, then the penultimate turn.For 2017, officials at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya constructed a new chicane, a few metres further up the circuit than Formula 1's left-right flick.The chicane received mixed feedback following a private test attended by some teams last month while all 23 riders took to the track for...
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