MotoGP – Colin Edwards: "Electronics have extended my career"

Electronics yes, electronics no... this is the dilemma of this generation of motorcyclists. According to Colin Edwards, all these "electronic gadgets" have improved the safety of the drivers and if the Texan can still be on the track (and will also be in 2010) he owes it precisely to the electronics. On the topic Australian Casey Stoner had already expressed his opinion who, despite not being sympathetic to electronics, was in favor of "traction control". Electronics have certainly improved safety but they have also made driving easier, so much so that at times they have even made people look bad, for example Dani Pedrosa's "overturn" in a starting test; in that case obviously the rider can no longer do anything because he blindly trusts the various control units that manage the motorbike. However, here is Edwards' thought as reported by MCN.

“My plan was to step aside, probably between 32 and 34, but the bikes now with all this electronics have extended careers. You don't fall anymore and above all you don't get hurt like ten years ago."