{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/681ccb6c5acb8b715f1f1a1c/6ad7431ac23d5753123e9480?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Everything that's wrong with MotoGP's 2027 format changes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/681ccb6c5acb8b715f1f1a1c/1792491970729-0105aad4-d282-4222-b1dd-98316d8c8c87.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We now know all the details of MotoGP’s 2027 weekend format changes, and they’ve certainly divided opinion.</p><p><br></p><p>Simon Patterson and Megan White join Matt Beer on The Race MotoGP Podcast to air their concerns and frustrations over how things are being shaken up in order to add a Friday qualifying session and a different grid for the sprint. They explain why they’re not against those outcomes, but have real problems with how they’re being achieved.</p><p><br></p><p>Plenty of riders clearly have misgivings too, and are the stars of the championship really as powerless in all this as they seem to think they are?</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Want more of our MotoGP insight direct to your inbox? Sign up for our new free MotoGP newsletter The Lean Angle here: <u><a href=\"https://theracemedia.beehiiv.com/motogp-signup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://theracemedia.beehiiv.com/motogp-signup</a></u></strong></p>","author_name":"The Race Media Ltd"}