MADRID, 26 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The French driver Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) has been sanctioned with a ‘long lap penalty’ to be fulfilled in the next British Grand Prix for causing the fall of the Spanish Aleix Espargaró during the Dutch Grand Prix, the stewards confirmed this Sunday of the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM).
“Driver Fabio Quartararo has received a long lap penalty for the British Grand Prix because he caused contact with the #41 driver at Turn 5, which seriously affected his race,” they said in a statement. .
During the sixth lap of the MotoGP race at the Assen Circuit, the rider from Nice crashed while trying to overtake the rider from Granollers, who was dragged by the championship leader in his crash.
Aleix rejoined the race fifteenth and managed to finish fourth after a double overtake at the chicane on the final lap. Quartararo went back to the gravel and consumed his ‘zero’ in the Dutch test. The World Championship will return on August 7 with the British Grand Prix, the twelfth round of the year.