For the second time this season, the MotoGP series has lost an afternoon to extraordinary circumstances. At Assen, it was a blown engine during Moto2 practice combined with pouring rain to force the cancellation of FP2 sessions for all three classes, while at the Motorland Aragon circuit today, a defective transformer saw all power lost at the circuit, forcing the cancellation of FP2 for the MotoGP and Moto2 classes. The lack of power meant that all of the facilities at the circuit shut down, meaning a lack of power for timing, in the pit garages, and more importantly, in the circuit control tower. Without the ability to monitor the track via CCTV and reliably communicate with all parts of the track, having racing motorcycles circulating posed too much of a danger to the safety of the riders. As a result, the decision was taken to cancel practice for the rest of the afternoon, despite power returning intermittently as the UPS and backup transformer took over.
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