Luca Marini has suggested a new system based on football’s yellow and red cards for MotoGP riders who are penalised twice in the same race.
has suggested a new system based on football’s yellow and red cards for MotoGP riders who are penalised twice in the same race.Pole-sitter for the first time, Marini was vying for third at the Indonesian MotoGP when he was knocked off his bike by Brad Binder.
Binder received a long lap penalty for the clash, then received a second identical punishment for causing contact with Miguel Oliveira later, but the KTM rider was still able to finish sixth.“The penalty? We can speak about this. Maybe the second penalty should be a little bit worse. Like in football - with yellow cards and red cards. Something like this.Marini, after being clattered by Binder, rejoined at the back purely to serve the long lap penalty he carried over from India.
“He said that over the kerb he had a moment on the bike. Sometimes this can happen, that the pads on the front brake are far away.“The bike was capable of winning today” - Marini admits to missed opportunityMarini has again hurt his thumb, having initially fractured it at the French MotoGP. It adds to a collarbone injury which Marini entered the Indonesian MotoGP nursing.“I was hit in my body from behind. I don’t know what happened.“But the 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 more disappointed by my start which was not so good. Then, also, when Jorge cut me on the straight I needed to close the throttle because I nearly crashed by touching his rear tyre with my front tyre.“This weekend was good for me, the speed was good. Let’s see if my physical condition is better in Phillip Island.
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