Jorge Martin was in danger of a penalty when his leathers were seen unzipped during the closing stages of Sunday’s Indian MotoGP.
was in danger of a penalty when his leathers were seen unzipped during the closing stages of Sunday’s Indian
Fortunately for the Pramac Ducati rider - who appears not to have correctly ‘locked’ the zip of his leathers in place before the start of the race - he was able to rezip them himself before being black-flagged and thus avoid the fate of Fabio Quartararo at Catalunya 2021.for riding with the zip of his leathers wide open having also discarded his chest protector.‘It is compulsory that each contracted rider must begin each race event with at least two complete sets of undamaged safety equipment.
Quartararo came close to snatching second place off an exhausted Martin on Sunday, the title contender losing time while rezipping his leathers and then running wide on the final lap.
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