Argentina Moto3: Penalty Point but Fenati keeps win
MotoGP Race Direction has handed Romano Fenati a Penalty Point for the last lap incident in Argentina, but the Italian has kept his Moto3 ra♚ce win.
VR46 rider Fenati barged from third to first at the penultimate turn, making contact wit✨h Alex Marquez and the💧n leader Jack Miller (see below for further pictures).
"During the Moto3 Race of the Gran P𓆏remio Red Bull de la Rep?blica Argentina, the rider num🗹ber 5, Romano Fenati collided with two other riders whilst passing them in the final turns of the race," said a statement from Race Direction.
"This is considered to be irresponsible riding causing danger to other competitors a🃏nd is therefore an infringement of Articlꦰe 1.21.2 of the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations.
"A Race Direction♍ decision was held wi♏th all three riders present.
"The decision of Race Direction is to impose the addition of on🐲e Penalty Point to the record of rider nu💫mber 5 Romano Fenati. No appeal has been lodged."
The victory was Fenati's first since his rookie 2012 season and the first ever for Valen𒁃tino Rossi's new Moto3 team.
It is not knownꦰ if the race organiser's received a Penalty Point for playing the French rather than Italian national anth🍸em on the podium...
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentinꦚo Rossi come and go. He is at🐼 the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
