Indy to modify layout for 2008 US GP – report
The publication 'Motorcycle USA' claims that a round of the motorcycle grand prix series MotoGP may well be held at the fabled Motor Speedway next year; a move that would require a modification to the infield road course.
MotoGP's governing body, the FIM, has apparently already inspected the Indy road course "and approved it for racing".
But the Motorcycle USA report added: "No, the bikes won't take to the banking like the current formula one course.
"Instead the Speedway has drawn up plans to reconfigure the circuit to avoid that potentially dangerous section. And once that construction has taken place, the new configuration will also become the new F1 circuit."
Turn 13, the banked section that is actually Turn 1 of the Indy 500 oval layout, is already a contentious feature on the annual formula one schedule, after Michelin's tires in 2005 proved unsuitable and 14 cars refused to take the start of the race.
Ralf Schumacher, meanwhile, has crashed twice against the inside concrete wall and in 2004 broke his back.
Official confirmation of the MotoGP round at Indianapolis is expected in the next few weeks.