Luca Marini suggests new Safety Commission model amid poor rider turnout

Riders compete during the MotoGP sprint of the Grand Prix of Brazil at the Ayrton Senna International racetrack in Goiania, state of Goias, Brazil, on March 21, 2026. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP via Getty Images)

Marini said he had no preference for who the representative should be, but stressed that demands placed by modern-day MotoGP already make it hard for riders to devote energy towards raising safety concerns.

“It doesn't matter at the moment who it is,” he said. “It's just that it must start from us. There are still some riders who maybe don’t want or don’t talk about this because there is no time during the GPs.

“MotoGP is really demanding on the mental side and taking care about this [is also important]. You don't want [to discuss these matters], you just give up, because it's one less [item] on the list of the stressful things that you can have as a MotoGP rider.”

Marini called for unity among riders in important safety discussions, echoing a comment made by Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo in March.

MotoGP does not have an equivalent of Formula 1’s Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, with talks of creating a rider union in early 2020s coming to naught.

“From my point of view, the real problem with this is that we cannot be all together as riders,” he said.

“It's really difficult to be in the same direction with all the same ideas because everybody thinks on his own.

“I think it’s the same in every job, but it would be fantastic if in the future the riders can have better communication and better relationships between each other. At the moment there is a lot of respect between everybody, but we need a more open-minded view.”

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