Stewards confirm verdict on Alex Marquez-Joan Mir clash at Japanese MotoGP
Alex Marquez clattered Joan Mir at Motegi
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez has been handed a Long Lap penalty for the upcoming Australian MotoGP after colliding with168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Joan Mir on the opening lap of Sunday’s Motegi race.
Marquez began the gr♑and prix embroiled in a battle with Fabio di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi and Fabio Quartararꦇo over eleventh place.
Some off-camera mayhem at the end of the back straight saw Marquez drop t📖o 15th, directly behind Mir, who gained ground from 17th on the grid.
But after accelerating through the tunnel, Marquez hit the back of Mir at the fast turn 1🌄2 left-haღnder.
Marquez fell🅘, leaving his Gresini Ducati hanging from the back of Mir’s Repsol Honda.
Mir speared off track and was forced to retire due to the damag📖e, tapping his helmet in a ‘think’ gesture to Marquez as he trudged away.
The 2020 world champion, who also♋ retired from Saturday’s Sprint, has prꦚeviously expressed frustration at the aggression shown by some riders when fighting for minor points positions.
After announcing𒈔 a post-race review of the incident, the FIM Stewards declared that Marquez was “riding in an irresponsible manner causing a crash, involvi🌠ng rider #36” at Turn 12 and imposed a Long Lap penalty for his next grand prix race.
An accompanying ‘penalty explanation’ read:
“Following the Penalty Protocols issued to teams, this action was deemed to 💧be 𒐪an incident of Type MGP-CC4:
"Causing a crash. Contact with another rider resul🌺ting in another rid🧸er crashing.
"As a first offence for the season, the appropriate♎ penalty in this case is a Long Lap Penalty.”
The ꧙Australian MotoG༒P at Phillip Island takes place on October 18-20.
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