There has been disapproval among the MotoGP grid about the way in which the serious incident involving Moto3 riders Noah Dettwiler and Jose Antonio Rueda at the previous round at Sepang was handled.
The incident occurred following high-speed contact between the broken down bike of Dettwiler and newly crowned Moto3 champion Rueda, and left both riders in cardiac arrest at the side of the Sepang circuit.
Both are making a good recovery, with Rueda beginning his recuperation soon after and Dettwiler stable and preparing to be repatriated to Switzerland this week to continue his rehabilitation.
However, that marks a significant deviation from the first official communication from MotoGP, posted only four minutes after the incident, that reported both riders as conscious - something that has been the focus of much of the criticism.
Two-time MotoGP champion Pecco Bagnaia led a chorus of riders calling for changes to be made going forward in how the series handles similar situations.
"I just ask to the stewards, to the ones that have to take the decisions, to take it with more care and more calm because sometimes giving the notice riders are conscious after three, four minutes is something that I don't understand because then we started to hear that both riders had cardiac arrests," explained Bagnaia ahead of this weekend's race in Portugal.
"I think it's a loss of credibility and something that we don't need.
"So sometimes, taking a bit more care, listening to the riders that are the ones that need to ride is better - and not just the MotoGP riders, also to Moto3 riders.
"It's difficult to make the decision in these kind of tense moments, and luckily I'm not the one that needs to, but sometimes like I said, listening to others maybe can help."
Bagnaia's comments come amid a debate about whether, knowing the severity of the situation (even if that severity was not communicated to the riders correctly), the Moto3 grid should have then been sent out when the track was cleared to race - with 2021 class champion Pedro Acosta one of those who believe that the race should not have happened.
"I think that this race should never have gone on, said the KTM MotoGP rider. "Because being clear, so much goes on, but MotoGP is the real show, the biggest class is what everyone is waiting to watch.
"We are already old enough to somehow put aside the personal part and just make the race and then think about it.
"In the end, these guys are kids. Also for myself, but I'm still young or more close to these ages. I was having breakfast with Rueda this morning, but like I say, I have more experience maybe than these guys in the championship, and maybe I'm more old to put everything aside.
"I know really well [Rueda's team-mate Alvaro] Carpe, that they both have a super-nice relationship, and in fact I went down to the box to say, 'OK, don't think now about that and just go for the race and then see what's going on' but this is not necessary to make kids race."
Bagnaia reiterated his stance from the Sepang weekend that the Moto3 race should never have happened - he was even firmer in his opinion - but Fabio Di Giannantonio said cancelling that race meant the Moto2 and MotoGP races should probably have been called off too because the riders all share the same paddock and because "we are all the same age more or less".
The issue of medical privacy was also raised by some riders, after MotoGP medical director Dr Angel Charte briefed selected Spanish media on Dettwiler's condition even after his team requested privacy on his condition.
Di Giannanontio said that situation, along with the replaying of crashes, was something MotoGP needed to learn from.
"If it were me, I would like to have privacy there," he said. "To give the information once it is clear, with the authorisation of a representative person from my team and from myself [the rider involved]: my wife, my girlfriend, my father or mother if they are there. This is something we need to improve.
"I know that in the last big crashes, there has been like a stop on the replaying of crashes. I want to see the good side of the humans, and think that there was a mistake maybe [in a replay of Dettwiler and Rueda's contact being shown]. That the guy of the TV thought that it was not that serious. I want to think this. This is also a thing that we should improve."
However, while some racers were upset about the way the situation played out in the immediate aftermath of the incident, some admitted that they were simply happy that it had been resolved - including Luca Marini and Franco Morbidelli.
"This depends a lot on the way you are," Marini explained. "The only important thing is the intervention on the two guys, to help them in the best way. Then, the information is a second matter.
"For me, the only important thing is to help the riders in that moment, and make everything as fast as possible to save lives."
