‘I knew the long lap penalty was going to happen’
Joan Mir confused by A🍎ustria track limits violations: “It’s𒐪 something we must speak about because it’s difficult for us to understand.”
The recent Austrian MotoGP Sprint race saw no less than 17 riders issued with a track limits warning. Joan Mir and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Augusto Fernandez then received a long lap penalty for further i🍸nfringements.
The automated (sensor) nature of the track limits system has eliminated much of the previou෴s debate over whether a rider had actually touched the prohibited green areas beyond the💮 kerbing.
But, according to Mir, i𝄹t can be hard for a rider to know exactly where they have strayed slightly onto the green in the heat of battle, making it likely they wꦿill repeat the offence.
The Spaniard also said th𒁏at a grey area exists when a rider misses a braking marker or is forced wide due to the actions of another competitor.
Riders can touch the green three times, without slowing down, before receiving an official warning. Two more infringements results in𓄧 a long lap, or post-race penalty if on the final lap.
“I think most people are in the same position as m🅰e, they don’t know where [they exceeded track limits today],” Mir said after the Sprint.
“When♕ I saw the second track limits I thought, ‘I don’t know why I 💛had this’.
“So I knew the long lap was going to happen because I didn’t know [where I was g👍oing wide]… I♍’m not the only one.”
One occasion where the 2020 wor⭕ld champion knew he had definitely touched the green was due to contact from Raul Fernandez.
“I think that 𝓡we have to separate [the ♎reasons for running wide],” said the Repsol Honda rider.
“For example, at Turn 8, it’s easy wit🎃h our bike to go over the kerb and touch the green, I agree with [penalisi൲ng] that. Or if you go out at Turn 1 and gain some tenths, I agree with it.
“But if someone overtakes you, kicks you out of the track, you touch the green, lose time and also you get the warning fo♏r it! It doesn’t make sense!
“[Or] if we struggle to stop the bike, go out, lose time and also get this warning!
🍌“It’s something we must speak a little bit about because i🌜t’s difficult for us to understand.”
The full-l🎉ength Sunday race saw only six track limit warnings and one long-lap penalty, for Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo.
Peter has been in the paddock for 2🐈0 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury ♐issues.
