Images of Marc M⛎arquez's mechanic holding the clutch lever as the Spaniard changed bikes during Sunday's German MotoGP caused some to jump to the wrong conclusion.

A directive issued to teams prior to the event stated that, for safety reasons, the rider must put the second bike into gear himself when he switc⛄hes machines.

Previously the second bಞike could be puඣt into gear before the rider arrived, increasing the risk of a pit lane incident during the handover.

Although the mechanic was holding the clutch lever, data confirmed that it had been race winner Marqueꦯz who put the bi🥃ke into gear.

MotoGP race director Mike Webb explained: "M🧜arquez did it in warm-up (pictured) so we went along and [Repsol Honda] said, 'we hold the clutch lever so he can jump on the bike and ꦅput it into gear as he goes'.

"So the bike is in neutral when he arrives and they ꦦare following exactl𒊎y the directive that I've given them, which is; the rider puts the bike into gear.

"I asked Danny [Aldridge, technical director] to check the da꧃ta and confirm that it was in neutral. So I'm happy that the change was fine, they knew what they were doi𝔉ng and knew the rules."