The controversy over penalties in MotoGP

Some pilots, such as Marc Márquez They positioned themselves against it, arguing that this size was established for a 21-race championship and that it was doubled, they considered that it should be changed. So that was left.

But the issue of sanctions came to the fore as a result of Incidents that occurred during the last Spanish GP and the manner in which they were judged by ehe Steward Panel. A good portion of the pilots, obviously those who thought themselves offended, complained about the lack of consistency in their judgments. That is, by what they consider to be different standards when judging similar actions.

So things, DORNA and the FIM decided then Sherry that members of the Steward Panel appear Le Mans in Safety Commission -the Safety Commission-, organized by the pilots every GP Friday afternoon, to explain the criteria applied when penalizing.

Some criteria, which depends on the penalties applied so far are as follows:

● Action: Contact another pilot who has secured the position.

Sanction: Surrender position.

● Action: Contact another pilot causing the fall.

Sanction: Long lap.

● Action: Instigate contact with another pilot that causes a fall in an overaction.

Sanction: Double long lap.

Because pilots are very critical of Steward Panel, perhaps what the three judges who make up the Steward Panel should do is encourage the pilots themselves to determine what actions are punishable and their corresponding penalties. From there the judges will apply the rules established by the pilots themselves. From there, they have to accept the Steward Panel’s criteria when evaluating the nature of the incident.

It will be a Solomonic decision, like… “That’s what you want, then that”; The dog is dead, the rabies is gone. Of course, the pilots must first agree with themselves, which is probably the most complicated part of this whole strategy. The most aggressive want to set the bar higher than those who don’t.