Jorge Martin risked a penalty🔯 during the MotoGP Thai Grand Prix sprint when he was hit with a track limits warning, but escaped punishment.

Pramac rider Martin extended his championship lead over Francesco Bagnaia by two points to 22 after beating the factory Ducati rider to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:second in the sprint.

Immediately after overtaking Bagnaia at Turn 7 on lap sꦑeven of the sprint, Martin ran off the circuit on the exit of the corner and was subsequently hit with a track limits warning.

He ran off at the same point two tours later, with Bagnaia stating after the sprint that he counted four times in which Martin exceeded track limits and was expecting a pena﷽lty.

Martin did indeed run beyond track limits on at least four occasions during the 13-lap sprint, but only ꦗtwo were officially registered by th🦂e timekeepers.

The first on lap seven, after which he was given the warning, and a s♋econd on lap nine.

Martin later explained that he e✱xceeded track limits twice at Turn 7 because: “I’m a bit on the limit in corner seven if I want to do the en🐠try fast and go really soon onto the throttle, then I’m really on the limit on that exit.”

The Pramac rider said he knew he had “cards” to play with, which is why h♑e didn’t try to muscle his GP24 from running beyond the kerbs.

Under the current regulations, if a rider exceeds track limits three times during a sprint then they wil🅠l be hit with a long lap penalty. A first offence is what nets them a warning.

In the grand prix, a rider has to exceed track limits five times to gain a pen⛦alty, with a warning issued on the third infringement.

Why did Martin’s other track limits not matter?

On the opening lap, Martin ran off circuit at Turn 1 as he outbraked himself trying to go froဣm first to third ahead of poleman Bagnaia.

On lap s𝔉ix, he did ♉the same thing as he trailed Bagnaia a lap before overtaking the reigning world champion.

Track limits are only monitored at points painted green, where🅺 a significant advantage is deemed by the FIM stewards to be gained by exceeding the kerb.

Any area not painted green is not monitored by the timekeeping sensors that have be🌸en in use since the 2021 season.

The ‘Misano’ kerbs installed at Turn 1 where Martin exceeded track limits twice in the sprint are a🐬lso designed to ensure rid🔯ers lose time the higher they climb onto them.

While Bagnaia had expected a penalty (but conceded that he also may have been mistaken) and there has been discourse since the race over Martin’s exꦅceeding of track limits, the simple fact is he did no൩t break the rules.

Martin previously fell foul of a track limits warning at the Emilia Romagna sprint, wꦅ💦hen an early one distracted him and ultimately led to him losing the lead - and the win - to Bagnaia.

While he was not officially penalised in the Thai☂land sprint, the looming penalty for just one more mistake provided a nervous end to the race for Martin.

In the FIM stewards’ end-of-day report from Saturday in Thailand, it made no mention of Martin and🔜 track limits, with it clearly considered a non-issue.