Marco Bezzecchi says MotoGP\u2019s stewards were \u201cwrong\u201d to not issue an in-race punishment on Jorge Martin for triggering a pile-up on the first lap of the Austrian Grand Prix sprint.
The incident is currently under investigation and no outcome has been met yet, with Martin going on to finish third in the sprint having also escaped punishment for a collision while overtaking Bezzecchi’s team-mateBezzecchi says he has not been to see the stewards about the incident and feels it was “wrong” for them to wait till after the race to investigate.
“For sure, it’s a corner that’s quite tricky. But there are many ways to approach a corner if it’s tricky.”“To be honest, in that moment [of the incident] I didn’t know, so it’s difficult for me to judge. “That was more dangerous than what happened with me. With me it was bad luck because with his foot he touched my handlebar and I crashed.
Under current rules, riders are meant to be punished for any moves that are considered to have created a dangerous situation for a competitor – as was stated back in March during the fallout from theBut Marini feels like the stewards have relaxed how they dish out penalties, but have maintained inconsistency, noting how Martin escaped punishment for their sprint collision while Quartararo was hit with a penalty for a similar incident with“The problem is the consistency of the penalties, because...
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