Is someone at the MCRCB going to take responsibility for what we do by adding this ten kilos? A good example would the camera falling from Casey Stoner's bike - that could have been fatal. Whose responsibility was that? Was it the guy who fitted the camera? Was it the mechanic who let the bike go out as it did? Was it the organisers for insisting they had to have a camera fitted? Was it the team for letting them fit a camera? It goes on and on.

The bottom line is that we are responsible to our riders and people will say 'bolt it on and let them ride'. But if something happens that causes a problem to our riders or others and a ten kilo lump of lead comes off and hits someone, it will be serious. All the other politics behind it is irrelevant now – it is safety that is our main concern.

NB: Crash.net has also attempted to contact the MCRCB for it's response, but they are currently unavailable for comment.