This weekend marks the first ever Indian GP for MotoGP, which will be staged at the same Buddh International Circuit which hosted Formula 1 from 2011 to 2013.
The track required upgrade works to improve safety, though these were only completed recently and several riders felt unease about the proximity of barriers to the circuit at some corners.
This led to the riders uniting over the matter, with a vote set to take place after all of them had walked the circuit on whether it is safe enough to race on.
Tech3’s Espargaro has already explored the circuit and feels the work done to it is satisfactory.
“I walked it two times yesterday and ran it one time this morning,” he said on Thursday.
“Honestly, I think we were a little bit too hard before coming here to see what really was. I think it is much better than what we all expected.
“About the safety, for sure there are some things that can be improved. But I believe in all the race tracks in the world there are places we would like to improve.
“And here for sure, we need to figure it out, especially racing and crashing. There is nothing critical, I would say, but for sure in some places it can be improved.
Source: Autosport