2023-08-19 19:59:00
Four hours, that is the time that has passed since the end of the Sprint race of the Austrian Grand Prix until The final decision of the panel of commissioners on the investigation that was open has been communicated in relation to the first corner incident in which a total of seven drivers were involved.
In this action, Jorge Martín was going inside the line, overtaking Fabio Quartararo in a somewhat aggressive way, who could not avoid the collision with the Madrid rider and touched other riders, andAmong those who were Marco Bezzecchi, Johann Zarco or Miguel Oliveira as involvedhaving some to retire with gestures of contradiction.
After analyzing all the images of the incident several times and listening to those involved, the team led by Freddie Spencer and made up of the Spanish Andrés Somolinos and Tamara Matko, have considered that lThe action of the Spanish pilot has endangered the physical integrity of the rest of the pilots by causing a multiple accidentbeing a premeditated action that could have been prevented initially.
From the panel of Commissioners they have established that the appropriate thing was to impose a sanction on Jorge Martín facing the next race in which he will have to do a Long Lap cAs the cause of a dangerous action that has caused the fall and withdrawal of several of the participants in the Red Bull Ring sprint race.
In the statement issued by the commissioners and which has already been received by the team, they have indicated that the man from Madrid was the cause of a reckless action for which he will receive that sanction as he has not been penalized on other occasions this season: “According to the penalty protocols sent to the teams, this action has been considered a type 3 incident: causing a fall while overtaking. Too ambitious and/or aggressive that has caused another driver to crash in any session. As the first offense of the season, the appropriate penalty in this case is a Long Lap penalty.”
In this case, the Spanish driver will have to comply with the penalty in the first long race in which he participatesand in the event that he is not part of the starting grid at the Austrian Grand Prix, he will have to do so in the feature race of the next Grand Prix in which he competes.
Martín, who finished in third position in the sprint race that took place on the Austrian track, orcurrently holds the second position of the general, with a total of 180 points compared to the 226 that Pecco Bagnaia has, who is the solo leader this season after extending the lead with the sprint victory in Styria.
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