Dani Pedrosa promoted to Sprint podium - Quartararo among 5 riders with tyre pressure penalties
Dani Pedrosa takes first MotoGP top three finish since 2017 - Fabio Quartararo among five riders to receive tyre pressure penalt🐻ies.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo has been stripped of his Sprint podium at Jerez, promoting home wild-card star Dani Pedrosa to third place and his best MotoGP result since 2017.
Quartararo rode from 23rd to 𒈔3rd during a chaotic 12-lap contest that saw 15 riders crash, most due to hazardous damp patches from earlier rain.
The Yamaha rider held off Pedrosa (starting 16th) by just 0.050s at the chequered flag, but𒐪 the Spaniard later revealed he hadn’t been aware they were fighting for a podium due to the carnage.
Had Pedrosa known, he said he would have risked more to try and pass the Frenchඣman on the final lap.
Ultimately he didn't need to.
Quartararo was among five riders to be🃏 punished on Saturday un𒁏der the stricter 2024 tyre pressure penalties, which no longer allow an official warning for a first offence.
Thus🔜, having failed 💜to meet the minimum tyre pressure for 30% of the Sprint, they have each been given an 8-second post-race penalty.
As well a🥀s Quartararo, Raul Fernandez (sixth), Fabio di Giannantonio (13th), Jack Miller (14th) and Quartararo's team-mate Alex Rin♈s (15th) have also been punished for the same offence.
KTM is planning an unofficial podium celebration for Pedrosa this evening, by bringing the Sprint rostrum to the back of their garage! Meanwhile, Quartararo sign♋ed 'his' third-place medal, adding the words 'enjoy Dani'.
Revised tyre pres✤sure rules mean riders must now stay above a lower front minimum ofꦏ 1.8 bar (instead of 1.88) for 60% (instead of 50%) of a Grand Prix distance, or 30% of a Sprint.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He♎ is at the forefront of the Suzuk🏅i exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
