Misano: FIM Stewards: No further action after Rossi, Marquez incident
The FIM Stewards haღve decided to take no further action following the last-lap behaviour between Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez, during qualifyi🗹ng for the San Marino MotoGP at Misano.
'Because the laps of both riders were cancelled due to both having exceeded track limits prior to the incident, no further action will be taken,' read an FIM statement.
Live footage showed Marquez following Rossi on the final lap, then launchi𝓰ng a close inside pass through the fast Turn 11 at the end of the back straight.

The FIM Stewards have decided to take no further action following the last-lap behaviour betwee🍌n Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez, during qualifying for the San Marino MotoGP at ♕Misano.
'Because the laps of both riders were cancelled due to both having exceeded track limits prior to the incident, no further action will be taken,' read an FIM statement.
Live footꦫage showed🅰 Marquez following Rossi on the final lap, then launching a close inside pass through the fast Turn 11 at the end of the back straight.
But the Repsol Honda rider🙈 ran wide on the exit, meaning his lap would be cancelled, while Rossi closed back in and launche🤡d a block-pass at the Turn 14 hairpin.
The move was visually similar to the infamous clash between the MotoGP superstars at Sepang 2015, which ended w𝄹ith Marquez on the ground.
This 💙time both riders were forced to sit-up and run wide but remained on their machines, while in a further twist it later emerged that Rossi's lap was also cancelled for running wide at Turn 6.
Rossi and Marquez later told the media that, while they had seen the other exceed track limits, ꧑they were not aware of their own error and so had kept pushing until their paths crossed at Turn 14.
Both were summoned to a hearing with the FIM Stewards panel, but with no further action taken the pair will thus line-up as planned in fifth (Marqu🐓ez) and seventh (Rossi) on Sunday's grid.
Read Marquez's opinion of the incident HERE and Rossi's opinion HERE.
The events that happened at the end of Q2
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Moments before this, both and had lo🐼st their laps due to exceeding tr♍ack limits!
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Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exi༒t story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.