Crafar to become Chairman of FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel from 2025

AUCKLAND: New Zealand’s Simon Crafar will take over from Freddie Spencer in the role as the American concludes his tenure at the end of 2024.

He can now be confirmed as the next Chairman of the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel. Crafar, a 500cc Grand Prix winner and long-time pit reporter for the MotoGP International Programme Feed, will take on the new role from 2025.

Spencer’s tenure began in 2019 upon creation of the position of Chairman of the FIM MotoGP™ Stewards Panel as a stand-alone role. The Chairman of the panel is nominated by the teams’ association (IRTA), and their appointment then approved by the Permanent Bureau.

Alongside the Chairman, the panel is completed by two other Stewards, both of whom are nominated by the FIM and approved by the Permanent Bureau.