Aleix Espargaro hit with three-second penalty for incorrect tyre pressure at Thailand MotoGP
🦩The Aprilia rider was hit with a three-second time penalty after the Thailand MotoGP for spending more than 50% of the race under the minimum tyre pressure.
His punishment means𝓀 a fifth-place finish has turned into a eighth-place finish.
🐓The severity of the punishment is because it is 🐬Espargaro's second offence under the new regulations.
A third offence would carry a six-second time penalty, and a fourth🌳 offence ⭕is a 12-second time penalty.
Maverick Vinales, Espargaro's teammate, bec🐻ame the first MotoGP rider to bre♛ak the new rules in Barcelona. He was given an official warning.
Also in Tha💖iland on Sunday, Pol Espargaro, Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin were hit with o♍fficial warnings for their first breach of the tyre pressure rule. They each spent more than 50% of the race with less than the minimum pressure.
Jame🎃s was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
