The Grand Prix Commission recently confirmed a number of changes for MotoGP. The first was a ban on holeshot devices – used at race starts to lower the bike – which came into effect from the Dutch GP last time out.

The grid layout will also see some adjustments. These come into effect from the German GP – aka this weekend. The grid layout changes are for all classes too, not just the MotoGP category.

The distance from rider to rider will change from three metres to four metres. That means that the distance between each row will also change, from nine metres – 3 x 3 – to 12 metres, which is 3 x 4 metres aka the new spacing.

There will still be three riders per row, just with more space between them in order to increase safety even further at race starts.

This is how it will look: