After the controversy surrounding Marc Marquez’s Jerez sprint win, MotoGP officials have made a bold call for all races going forward.
Marquez won Spanish Grand Prix Sprint last weekend, although the win was in dispute due to the Spanish rider cutting grass to get to the pits.
Some felt that way. Marquez deserves a penalty for entering the pit laneHe feels that he has gained an unfair advantage by cutting lines to go and change his bike.
Should Marc Marquez have been penalized for cutting his way to the pits after crashing in the Jerez sprint?
however, Marquez’s rivals defended the move.Noting that no action has been taken on the existing MotoGP rules.
Mark Marquez Victory in MotoGP is not canceled. But he understood that. MotoGP officials had to solve the rules Moving forward.
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MotoGP officials will decide on a rule change after Marc Marquez’s controversial Jerez sprint win.
As a MotoGP insider Rosario TrilloThe FIM officials did not make any changes to the entrance to the pit lane after Marc Marquez won in Jerez.
No word on what the officials thought of the controversy and whether any attention was paid to changing the rules after the win.
MotoGP officials have focused more on other rule changes, such as the recent wildcard ban from 2027.
But any decision on the pit road entry rules will have to wait a while as the authorities have not made any new changes to the rules.
There are those who believe that Marc Marquez did nothing wrong, as MotoGP has quietly scrapped the pit-lane rule. years ago.
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Matt Oxley explains why Marc Marquez made no mistakes during the Jerez sprint victory.
Speaking in it Review of the Spanish Grand PrixMatt Oxley explains why Marc Marquez’s Pit Lane Antiques followed the letter of the law.
“I can read two rules that explain why race direction is not penalized. They are two completely different rules from different parts of the rule book. The first says that ‘drivers must use the track and pit lane only.’
“If a driver suddenly goes off the track, he can rejoin at a point indicated by the officials or at a point that doesn’t benefit them. That was the key word. Marquez got an advantage, but not on the meter on the track … so he didn’t break that rule.”
“The second rule is, ‘The rider must cross the pit lane with the machine at the designated pit lane entry time point to make the bike switch.’ He did that.
“He went through the two 60 kilometer discs, he passed there. So he didn’t break any rules, you can say what you want. But it doesn’t matter what you think, he didn’t break the law.”
Perhaps if incidents like Marquez’s controversial pit lane entry continue to occur, MotoGP officials will consider a rule change.
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