Stewards confirm verdict on Alex Marquez-Joan Mir clash at Japanese MotoGP

Alex Marquez clattered Joan Mir at Motegi

Alex Marquez's bike on the back of Joan Mir's Honda, 2024 Japanese MotoGP
Alex Marquez's bike on the back of Joan Mir's Honda, 2024 Japanese MotoGP

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 grand prix embroiled in a battle with Fabio di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi andꩲ Fabio Quartararo over eleventh place.

Some off-camera mayhem at the end of the back straight saw Marquez drop to 15th, directly behind 🌄Mir, who gained gro♍und from 17th on the grid.

But after accelerating through the tunnel🍌, Marquez hit the back of Mir at the fast turn 12 left-hander.

Marquez fell, ♉leaving his Gresi🐻ni Ducati hanging from the back of Mir’s Repsol Honda.

Miꦿr speared off track and was forced to retire due to the damage, 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 previously expressed frustration at the aggression shown by some riders when fighting for mi🍬nor points positions.

After announcing a post-race review of the incident, the FIM Stewards declared that Marquez was “riding in an irresponsible manner causing a crash, involving rider #36” at Turn 12 and imposed a Long Lap ꦛpenalty for his next grand prix race.

An accompanying ‘penalty explanation’ read:

“Following the Penalty Protocols issued to teams, this action was deemed to be an i🍎ncident of Type MGP-CC4:

"Causing a crash. Contact with another rider resulting in ♑another rider crashing.

"As a first offence for the season, the appropriate peﷺnalty in this case🌟 is a Long Lap Penalty.”

The Australian M🌳otoGP at Phillip Island takes place ܫon October 18-20.

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