FIM Stewards announce verdicts on Spanish MotoGP clashes

FIM Stewards announce decisions on Zarco-Acosta, Zarco-Espargaro and Mille𝐆r-Morbidelli clashes in t𓂃he Spanish MotoGP race.

Aleix Espargaro, Johann Zarco, MotoGP race, Spanish MotoGP, 28 April
Aleix Espargaro, Johann Zarco, MotoGP race, Spanish MotoGP, 28 April

While damp patches accounted for all but 💃o♎ne of the 15 accidents in the Saturday Sprint, Sunday’s Spanish MotoGP saw three sets of rider clashes placed under investigation by the FIM Stewards.

The verdict for all three has now been announced as ‘no further acti෴on’.

The first incident involved opening lap contact between ꦕJohann Zarco and Pedro Acosta, in 🌠which both stayed on board.

The FIM Stewards declared “The intention to penalise would have been a drop of one position for #5 [Zarco], but the𒐪 Stewards having reviewed the footage decided that ꧅#5 corrected the matter himself by the following sector.”

The Frenchman was the victim of the second clash, being sent flying on lap 10 when his LCR Hondaꦫ was struck🌊 by Aleix Espargaro’s Aprilia (pictured). 

🍃The Spaniard lost the front into Turn 5 aft♏er several heated back-and-forth passes between the pair over 16th place.

“Aft🌺er [a] hearing with both riders and after further review [this] was determined to be a race incident,” read a summary statement from the Stewards.

Another dramatic Turn 5 clash occurred 8 laps later when Franco Morbidelli fell and🍰 took out Jack Miller during an attempted overtake for eleventh.

The furious KTM ridꦇer then screamed at the Italian in the gr𒅌avel trap. Espargaro also said he had been hit by Morbidelli ‘a couple of times’ earlier in the race.

Once again, the 🌠Stewards ruled: “After [a] hearing with both riders and after furth♏er review [this] was determined to be a race incident.”

As such, the only penalties handed out on Sunday was a double long lap for Augusto Fernandez due to an ‘incorrect starting location’ - which became a ride-t🌱hrough penalty after failing to complete the long laps within 5 laps ofꦏ being notified.

 

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