"If it was the reverse, I would go to check how is the other rider"
The outcome was a long lap penalty for the VR46 rider, who had lost control in the braking zone for Turn 1 shortly after being passed by the Aprilia rider.Get the latest MotoGP news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inboxThe FIM Stewards reported the circumstances as follows:
As such, “whilst this incident could justify a double long lap penalty, with mitigating circumstances, a single long lap penalty will be applied.” “Maverick passed me in the straight with the slipstream, and meant my bike went on the left. So I needed to lean the bike steering straight to bring me away from the outside kerb, because the wind was also pushing to the outside.
Although he would “prefer to not have the penalty. I understand the decision” since “normally who is behind is always the one who makes the mistake.”
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