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Does MotoGP need 'slide control' after Pol Espargaro's huge Valencia highside?

Repsol Honda finished the MotoGP season without a single rider present in the Valencia race, after Pol Espargaro joined Marc Marquez on the sidelines. Second fastest on Friday, Espargaro was catapulted from his RCV as he accelerated though the fast Turn 13 left-hander on Saturday morning. The accident happened when the rear of Espargaro's bike slid out, causing his outside foot to rise from the footpeg, then gripped and kicked back the other way, creating an ever-worsening tank-slapper that eventually fired the Spaniard into the air. "With the current electronics, the manufacturers are just able to tune one kind of spin, which is the centre spin," explained Espargaro, who missed...
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