In his Autosport piece on Why Indy must stay on the MotoGP calendar, Toby Moody tries to mount an emotional defence of Indy, but fails to identify why it should stay and ends up nailing why the circuit is the weakest on the calendar.
[Stoner] said it was not the most enjoyable of circuits to race on ? something that I can understand ? but to systematically criticise nigh on every corner in a media scrum on Saturday evening wasn?t what some of the big wigs wanted to hear as they emerged from negotiations with Dorna to extend the event?s presence on the calendar for 2012 and beyond.
Stoner?s vocal attacks on the circuit were harsh but fair. A lack of grip on the racing line at the start of the weekend, transforming into an even greater lack of grip offline in the marbles by the end of the weekend, did not inspire rider confidence. From the crazy kerbing on the outside of the final corner, to the tight, flat uninteresting mid-section of the course in the infield with nothing to interest or inspire the rider or the spectator, there is little to commend the course.
I would not miss Indy if it goes and Moody does little to convince me otherwise.
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