Aprilia’s Massimo Rivola fumes at Marc Marquez penalty rule: “Five missing? We risk only test riders”
Marquez was slapped with a double long penalty for crashing into 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira on the third lap of the first 🍸grand prix - but his punishment has been in chaos ever ♎since.
The initial ruling was that h🅷e mu♈st serve the double long lap penalty in Argentina, but he missed the race due to injury.
The rule was reworded to ensure Marqℱuez must serve the penalty whenever he returns, but Honda appealed this change.
The MotoGP C🐬ourt of Appeal have not yet delivered their final ruling on whether Marquez’s penalty is still valid.
"They wrote it badly and now they have to figure out꧟ how to fix it," ꦓRivola told Sky.
"It would have been enough to write everything well, but to do💝 it you have to think twice and be good🎶 enough.
“Those who﷽ make mistakes must be penalised an꧂d those who penalise them must be competent and strict, especially with this new race format.
“If there are five riders missing in the third race, we run the risk that only the test drivers ꩲwill run in t🐷he middle of the season."
Marquez hopes to return at🔜 next weekend’s Spanish MotoGP if his recovery from hand surgery allows.
But it remains 🐻unknown if he will serve a double long lap penalty, if he races.
Marquez and RNF Aprilia rider Oliveira are amo📖ng a host of injuries already this season, after only🐼 three rounds.
Enea Bastianini, Pol Espargaro and Joan Mir have also missed🎉 races.
Mir returned in Texas, Bas🦹tianini hopes to join Marquez by returning in Jerez next weekend, but Espargaro will be a long-term absentee.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ever༒ything from American sports, to football, to F1.
