The raising of the grand prix minimum age, the headline decision in a trio of new safety initiatives, was widely backed by MotoGP riders as an appropriate response to this year's teenage tragedies. Crash MotoGP Podcast - Click here to listen to Keith Huewen, Harry Benjamin and our own Pete McLaren talk MotoGP Three young Moto3/SSP300 riders - Hugo Millan (14), Jason Dupasquier (19) and Dean Berta Vinales (15) – have been fatally injured during what has always been motorcycle racing's nightmare scenario, a rider falling and being hit by other competitors. While impossible to eradicate, the succession of deaths went well beyond a freak occurrence, prompting Dorna and the FIM to react. The...
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