Luca Marini suggests “football yellow card, red card” rule for twice-penalised rivals after Indonesian MotoGP
Pole-sitter for the first time, Marini was vying for third at the Indonesian M💫otoGP when he was knocked off his bike by Brad Bindꩲer.
Binder received a long lap penalty for the clash, then received a second identical punishment for causing contact with Miguel Oliveira later, but the KT😼M rider was still able to finish sixth.
“This is a strange case which maybe happened for the first time, I don’t kno🍬w,” Marini reflected.
“The penalty? We can speak about this. Maybe the second penalty should be a little bit worse. Like in football - with yellow cards and 𒅌red cards. Something like this.
“We want more safety. That will be𝓰 a poin💞t in the next Safety Commision I think.”
Marini,𒀰 after being clattered by Binder, rejoined at the back purely to serve the long lap penalty he ♔carried over from India. He retired soon after.
He said about the incident with Binder: “It was impossible. I just ♏saw a flash! Boom! Like this!
“Brad went to 🍸my office to explain everyth𒉰ing to me, so now I’m less angry.
“He said that over the kerb he had a moment on the bike. Sometimes this c♏an happen, that the pads on the front brake are far away.
“Th💟is also happened to me this weekend, I know this bad feeling.
“It’s just bad luck in my case. Okay. This is some✤thin✱g I can’t manage.”
Fresh injury worry for Marini
Marini has again hurtꦏ his thumb, having initially fractured it at the French MotoGP. It adds to a collarbone injury which Marini entered the Indonesian MotoGP nursing.
ꦬ“I have pain iꦉn the thumb, [like] in Le Mans. The incident was similar,” the VR46 rider said.
“I was hit in my body🍃 from behi💯nd. I don’t know what happened.
“The feeling is better than Le 🍰Mans. So we’ll see in Phillip ♏Island.
“But theꦕ collarbone is well. This is most important.”
Marini, who was runner-up in Saturday’s sprint race as well as claiming pole position for the grand prix in qualifying, reflected on his Sunday: “I’m 𝓰more disappointed by my start which was not so good. Then, also, when Jorge cut me on the straight I needed to close the throttle beca♉use I nearly crashed by touching his rear tyre with my front tyre.
“I ✱lost two positions. I was not in the correct position for my race.
“This weekend was good for me, the speedꦏ was 🍃good. Let’s see if my physical condition is better in Phillip Island.
“The race was strangeꦫ. Nobody expected a pღodium like this.
“We kn𝓡ew Maverick would be strong, and Jorge was the strongest✅ today.
“Bu🧔t the lap t🌠ime and pace that everybody had? I could have been fighting for the podium easily.
“Today w𝓰as cold, with the wind, and wi꧑th a medium-rear the bike is much easier to ride on the physical side. With less grip the bike is shaking less so the effort on the handlebars is less.”
James wa𝓰s a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ܫeverything from American sports, to football, to F1.
