Fabio Quartararo hits out at €1000 fine: “Stewards choosing people they don’t like”
The Yamaha rider was slapped with a €1000 on Saturday at the Malaysian MotoGP for undoing his helmet strap as he arrived in the pitlan🐠e during practice.
He had an encouraging fifth-place finish in Sunday’s grand prix before making his feelings known about the puni𓂃shment inflicted by the stewards.
“The steward✤s are not doing their ꧒job,” Quartararo told TNT Sports.
“I think they [give] penalti✤es by closing their eyes and🅠 choosing the people that they don’t like. That’s me.
“I did it [untie my helmet strap] a lot♌ of times. All the years I ꦯwas doing it.
“And just yesterday they gave me a fine. So I don’t th𓃲ink they areღ doing their job properly.”
Suzi Perry labelled the ༒decision to fine Quartararo “utterly🥀 pathetic”.
Her TNT Sports 𓂃colleague Michae🎐l Laverty commented: “There is a rule that says you have to have all of your safety equipment on, in the pitlane and live track.
“But it is harsh. As he sa🥃id, he’s been doing it for yearไs. It was a bit petty.
“It was pointed out on social media and it’s like𒁃 the stewards saw the post, from a journalist in the paddock, and gave him a fine!
“I don’t agree with it. Fabio knows what he’s doi🍎ng. But ꦰrules are rules.”
Sylvain Guintoli added: “It could’ve just beeꦉn a warning. They could’ve just said: ‘Don’t do that, it’s not a good example, we don’t want to see this anymore, and if you do we’ll give a penalty’.
“They didn’t really need to give a pena🍸lty straig🎶ht away.”
James was a sports journalist a𒁃t Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
