Dani Pedrosa has called for MotoGP to ban aerodynamic winglets in the wake of his collision with Andrea Dovizioso early on in the GP of the Americas. Winglets attached to the front and sides of the fairing in a bid to improve downforce have become a major focal point for development in MotoGP this season, with Honda and Yamaha following a trend first set by Ducati in the closing races of 2015. However, the devices have been criticised in certain quarters, with Valentino Rossi dismissing them as “ugly” and Cal Crutchlow voicing concerns about the potential for another rider to be “sliced” by a winglet in Qatar. Speaking in Austin, where Pedrosa crashed out at Turn 1 and collected...
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