Race Direction's clampdown on Moto2 and especially Moto💞3 riders moving sl🐬owly while wait for a tow has resulted in four riders being punished at Valencia.

MotoGP Race Director Mike Webb had warned riders♍ in a pre-event meeting that a tougher interpretation of the existing rul🌺es on 'irresponsible riding' would be taken.

"On 8 November, during the Moto3 Qualifying session of the Gran Premio Generali Comunitat Valenciana, riders #13 Jasper Iwema, #17 John McPhee, #38 Hafiq Azmi, and #91 Gabriel Rodrigo were riding at significantly slower than racing speed, thus disturbing and causing possible danger to othe🎀r riders and themselves," said an FIM st🌼atement.

"This is in direct contravention of the instruct🐈ions given at the riders briefing on 6 November and is considered to be irresponsib🍌le riding and is therefore an infringement of Article 1.21.2 of the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations.

"ꦏA Race Direction hearing was 🔜held with the riders in attendance.

"The decision of Race Direction is to impose th✨e addition of one Penalty Point to the record of each of the riders; #13 Jasper Iwema, #17 John McPhee, #38 Hafiq Azmi, and #91 Gabriel Rodrigo, according to Article 3.3.1.3 of the 2014 FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Disciplinary an🍌d Arbitration Code.

"No appeals haℱve been lodged. The 🌌decision of Race Direction is final."