New MotoGP rule introduced at Silverstone could lead to penalties

S🐟tewards have agreed to bring in a gradual penalty scale, rather than disqualifying riders from a session or a race, because this rule is being brought in mid-season.
Time penalties for tyre pressure infringements
- 1st offense: Warning
- 2nd offense: 3-second time penalty
- 3rd offense: 6-second time penalty
- 4th offense: 12-second time penalty
The plan is to even♕tually implement 🥃disqualifications from a session or a race, when MotoGP teams and riders are familiar with this new rule.
No time-frame is set before disqualific♛ations will be introduced.
What is the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System?
It is a new system to ensure compliance with the tyre pressures🥀 set by Michelin, who provid𒊎e MotoGP’s tyres.
Until now, teams were using their own individual syꦇstems to check tyre pressures.
Now, there is a unified method of ana🌊lysing tyre pressure.
What is the MotoGP tyre pressure rule?
The manufacturers and MotoGP have agreed that the tyres have to be above a specific pressure during a min🎐imum percentage of the laps in a Sprint o🙈r race.
The minimum pressure may vary depending on♍ 🦩the circuit.
How was this developed?
Last season every manufacturer shared their tyre pressure data with a view to testing the Tyre Pressure Monitoring Sys🃏tem.
The system was then tested in ꦬthe ꦅfirst part of the 2023 season.
Does it apply to practice or qualifying?
N♈o. For now, it is only applicable in MotoGP sprint races and grands prix.
What about Moto2 and Moto3?
It is not applied to these categories.

James was a spo🦋rts journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Ameri🦄can sports, to football, to F1.