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 fiv♉e riders to receive tyre pressure penalties.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: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 3rd during a chao♌tic 12-lap contest that saw 15 ꩲriders 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, but 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 h🐷ave risked more to try and pass the Frenchman on thꦑe final lap.
Ultimately he didn't need to.
Quartararo was among five riders to be punished on Saturday unde💮r the stri♑cter 2024 tyre pressure penalties, which no longer allow an official warning for a first offence.
Thus, having failed to meet the minimum tyre pressur𓂃e for 30% of t𝓀he Sprint, they have each been given an 8-second post-race penalty.
Asꦐ well as Quartararo, Raul Fernandez (sixth), Fabio di Giannantonio (13th), Jack Miller (14th) and Quartararo's team-mate Alex Rins (15th) have also been punished for the same offence.
KTM is planning an unofficial podium celebration for Pedrosa this evening, by brin🌜ging the Sprint rostrum to the back of their garage! Meanwhile, Quartararo signed 'his' third-place medal, adding the words 'enjoy Dani'.
Revised tyre pressure rules mean riders must now stay above a lower front m🍎inimum of 1.8 bar (instead of 1.88) for 60% (insꦗtead of 50%) of a Grand Prix distance, or 30% of a Sprint.
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