Marc Marquez hits out at penalty chaos: “I don’t know why they changed it”
The Repsol Honda rider will miss this weekend’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Spanish MotoGP at Jerez after doctors told🍷 him it was “too risky” to return so soon after hand surgery.
But Marquez’s eventual comeback is clouded in controversy because the MotoGP Court of Appeals have not yet decided if he must still serve the double long lap penalty ꦡhe received forꩵ crashing into Miguel Oliveira at Portimao.
Marquez said: “I 𓆏received a penalty on Sunday after Portimao, which I completely agreed with.
“Then, I🅷 don’t know why they cha🤡nged it after two days.
“The team decided to appeal. As you can imagine, when you are injured you do♒n’t think about these 🥀things.
“Especially when the doctors say to you that it wi🌱ll be six-eight weeks, and you will lose 😼three-four races.
“Believe me, the worst penalty🍬 for a rider is to be injuredꦦ and to lose three races.
“The team continued with the appeal.
“Because, normally when you receive a penalty, if you agree and you sign the pape꧟rs, it must be that penalty. Not another one.💙”
Marquez signed sanctioning forms for a double long lap penalty to be spec🎐ifically served at the Argentina MotoGP, the Span𒆙ish media previously reported.
But when he missed Argentina due to injuཧry, the rule was reworded to insist that Marquez serves his🎐 penalty whenever he is next fit to compete.
Honda appealed the r෴ewording, claiming that a rule cannot be changed after it has already been implemented.
The final decision from the M🍃otoGP Co𓆉urt of Appeal has yet to be made.
Mar🌠quez is targeting a return to Le Ma𝔍ns on May 14.
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