Why Enea Bastianini ignored Catalunya long laps: “Crazy, but it's like this!”
Enea Bastianini explains why he chose to ignore a series of ‘wr💟ong’ long-lap penalties du𝓡ring the Catalan MotoGP race.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini finished the Catalan MotoGP race with a💖 trail of unserved long laps to his name, resulting in the FIM Stewards applying a 32-second post-race time penalty.
It was assumed the factory Ducati rider had simply 📖not seen the initial long lap penalty, given ‘due to a shortcut at Turn 2’.
But he then also 'missed' the double long lap message, for failing to comply with the previous penalty. And also a ride-through penalty, for failing to serve the double long lap. The following time🃏 penalty was the equivalent๊ of a ride-through.
The Italian revealed there had been no confusion over the communication of the penalties. Instead, he was adamant the decisions were wrong and chose to ignoꦑre them.
“The dashboard [message] was very clear! But I didn't agree with the dashboard!” Bastiani♐ni smiled.
The Ducati team also publicly backed Bastianini’s actions and the #23 claims video evidence d༒uring post-race meetings with Race Direction supported his case.
Bastianini explainedꩵ that he was forced wide at Turn 1 during a close battle with Alex Marquez. He then (ironically) rode through the long lap penalty lane before rejoining the track.
The official reason for Bastianini’s first penalty was that 'riders cutting the track in the race must be at least 1 second ꦑslower in that sector than their average normal time'.
Putting aside the move by Marquez, which Bastianini’s felt was arguably worth a penalty for the Gresini rider, and insisting that he had no choice but to run off, the Italian insisted he did lose more than one second.
“I overtook Alex in the straight and when we arrived oℱn the brakes, I braked very, very late but he braked later than me and pushed me out on the kerb,” Bastianini said.
“The only solution was to cut the chicane. And a♏lso I lost time because I followed the line of the long lap.
“I waited for a ‘drop position’ [penalty] for Alex but after arrived the long lap penalty… for me! I did no♌t agree and🃏 decided to continue without doing the long lap.
“I know it's not the correct choice, but we have to do something becau𓄧se nothing changes. Every race there is something to explain with the [Stewards] and it's not ꦗcorrect for me.”
Such behaviour would normally see a rider reprimanded by his team, but Ba🍸stianini said Du꧑cati supported his decision not to serve the penalties.
“Davide [Tardozzi] and all the team agreed with my decision, they understand what's happened,” h♍e said.
“After the race, I went with Davide to explain the problem and to see better the video. For the [Ste📖wards] at the start, [their decision] was correct, the long lap penalty. Then after they said ‘OK, no…’”
A Ducati press officer added🤪: "They saw their decision was wrong."
“I also tried to get back my ninth position at the finis🉐h of the race,” Bastianini continued. “But Race Direction can do nothing, also because for 🌞Race Direction I did not lose [enough] time when I entered again the track.
“And I said: ‘No, no, no. Check better the video. I l🐼ost one second!’
“I know if you cut the chicane [youꦅ have to lose time]. I was together with Alex and when I entered the track again, Alex was 200 metres ahead!”
Unfortunately for Bastianini, even if subsequent🎀 evidence did show h🔯e was forced off-track and lost more than one second, the MotoGP regulations state:
‘No appeal may be lodged against a decision made 🧸by any judges of fact in the exercise of their duties, including… long lap penalty(ies) imposed for a Sprint or Race on that same day.’
In other words, while we don’t know if the FIM Stewards and/or Racꦍe Direction agree with Bast💛ianini, even if they did, it’s not possible to reverse an in-race penalty.
“Yeah, it’s impossible,” Bastianini shrugged.
Even if you can show the penalty was wrong?
“This is crazy, but it's like this!” he said.
The 32-second penalty dropped Bastianini fr꧙om 9th to 18th place, ♍also costing him seven points.
He𒀰 is now fourth in♚ the world championship, 20 points behind Marc Marquez and 61 from Jorge Martin.
Ducati Lenovo also lost seven p🍨oints in the teams' standings.
Although Ducati publicly supported Bastianini, there were whispers that one of the lessons from today is that, even if you are sure you are right, it's better in terms of the r🌊ace result to serve the first penalty...

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