Jorge Martin crashes in warm-up while practising long lap penalty
Jorge Martin crashes on Sunday’s warm-up at the Austrian MotoGP - while practising the long lap penalty that he must serve in the race.
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He's crashed while practicing his long lap 🌟penalty for later!
The Pramac Racing rider’s fall was a less than ideal start to🧸 a Sunday ♉which might become frustrating for him.
Martin was penalised late on Saturday night - many hours after the sprint race, where he caused a Turꦯn 1 pilꦡe-up.
He was accused by Stewards of ‘riding in a♊n irresponsible manner causing a crash’.
Martin started from 12th on 💦the grid in the sprint, and finished on the podium. He kept his podium fi🐻nish despite being penalised.
He will again b🅺egin from 12th at ꧃the Austrian MotoGP on Sunday but must serve a long lap penalty.
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