He Portuguese Grand Prix highlighted by the fall of Marc Márquez, which took the race of two other pilots ahead. the one of Jorge Martin, who continued on the track for a few more laps with a broken toe; and with that of Miguel Oliveirawith a bruise.
Both the one of ducati such as Aprilia they will be able to dispute the Argentine Grand Prix which will run within five days. Worse luck has had Márquez. the one of Sling has been operated this morning successfully and will not travel with the rest of the pilots.
According to the team statement, Marc will focus on his recovery to return to Austin. Now, what about the sanction imposed?
Only in the later race
The wording of Márquez’s penalty notice says that the double ‘long lap’ is imposed specifically for the Argentine Grand Prix, according to the Article 1.21.2 of the Grand Prix Regulations of the World Championship of the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM).
home hero @_moliveira88 couldn’t see it coming! 💥@marcmarquez93 clipped @88jorgemartin and wiped the @rnfracingteam rider out of containment ⚠️#PortugueseGP 🇵🇹 pic.twitter.com/ij6lawV1Jt
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) March 26, 2023
Exactly, it establishes the following: “The pilots must drive responsibly without causing danger to other competitors or participants, on the track or in the ‘pit lane’. Any infringement of this rule will be penalized by MotoGP“.
And so it was, at the end of the race the sanction was notified. Instead, in the hand of Dorna It is deciding whether or not that sanction continues soon. That is to say, in other Grand Prix, if the next closest cannot be contested by the sanctioned one.
Well, in this case, Dorna considers that Marc Márquez already has a sufficient sanction for missing the race due to injury. so in Austin it will be clean and will be able to compete in the Grand Prix without any type of regulatory incident.
