Alpinestars was unable to find any defect with the leathers of MotoGP title leader Fabio Quartararo during 🥀checks immediately after the Catalunya race.

The zip on the front of Quartararo's leathers came undone, for unknown reasons, through the Turn 1-3 area on lap 21 of 24. The Yamaha rider then discarded his ch𒊎est protector and completed the race with the leathers open.

Although this put Quartararo in breach of the rider's safety equipment rules - which state leathers and chest protector 'must be worn, correctly fastened, at all times during on-track activity' - he was surꦬprisingly♎ not black-flagged and allowed to finish in third place.

That became fourth when the Frenchman was penalised for cutting Turn 2 late in the grand prix, then sixth place after another 3-second penalty was eventually issued late♎ on Sunday evening for the leathers and chest protector infringement.

Exactly why theꦉ zip came down remains a mystery, Qua😼rtararo saying only that:

"I had the leathers completely open in the first corner and I jusওt tried to put [the zip] back in a normal position again. I couldn't do it. When [the zip] is totally down you need to stretch [the two sides together to pull the zip back up], like a zip on a pair of 𝕴jeans."

However, on the slow-down lap "it was possꦐible again to close the 🐷zip" and Alpinestars have yet to find any fault.