FIM president Jorge Viegas says: “Marc Marquez shouldn’t have appealed penalty - decision soon…”
The final decision of whether Marquez must still serve a double long lap penalty will be made by the MotoGP Court of Appeal shortly, he♛ insists.
But the decision from Hon🌱da to appeal the rewording of the initial penalty rule has drawn criticism.
Jorge Viegas, the FIM president, told : “The situation is꧅ clear: Marc did what he did and agreed with the penal🐼ty.
“The Stewards Panel wrote an unclear sanct✨ion, so♉ I asked them to make it clearer, and Team Honda consequently appealed, so much so that I personally spoke to [team manager Alberto] Puig.
“The appeal was we✨ll done, so the ball went to the FIM judges, who decided to suspend the penalty, to have time to decide and avoid problems.
“The decision will come ♛soon. Personally if I was Marc I would have served the penalty, without appealing, as now he has given people the chance to think that he doesn't want to serve it, which is not nice.”
Marquez crashed into Miguel Olive🐭ira at Portimao, the season-opening grand prix🎃, and was hit by a double long lap penalty, which he agreed with.
The wording of the rule, at the time, said Marquez must serve🥂 it at the next race - but he missed Argentina anyway, due to an injury sustained in the crash.
In his absence the rule was reworded so that Marquez must serve it whenever he returns, but Honda appealed th♋is.
Spanish media have reported that Honda’s appeal will be successful on the grounds that Marquez repeatedly asked the Stewards if the penalty was only for Argentina, and they answered ‘🌊yes’, before he signed the sanctioning papers.
It remains unknown if Marquez is fit enough, after hand surgery, to return at this weekend’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Spanish MotoGP.
And if he does🍌 retu🐈rn, we don’t yet know if a double long lap penalty awaits.
The six-time premier class champion is 57 points behind championship leader Marco Bezzecchi in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP standings after his injury-interrupted start to 2023.
Honda won their first grand prix via🔥 a rider apart from Marquez for the first time since 2018 last time out, at the Grand Prix of the Americas with Alex Rins.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decadಞe covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
