That’s firstly because🌠 slowing down increases the chance of a tyre cool✨ing and the pressure therefore dropping below the minimum for the specified 33% (Sprint) or 50% (GP) of racing laps.

But if a rider has already used up his one official warning and is later found to be under pressure, backing off would also increase the potential ‘damage’ to their race result from♔ the resulting 3 second post-race penalty.

Likewise, if a rider drops more than 3 seconds behind the bike in front, he will not benefit if the r💙ider ahead is later sanctioned for low tyre pressure.

Dorna’s 𒈔Simon Crafar explained𓆉: “There are so many angles to this.

“You can attack to try and builꦅd up a 3-second distance in case there is a time penalty added, so it d🍰oesn’t matter, and you’ll keep your position.

“But a👍lso, crew chiefs have told me, you can’t afford to roll off at the end of the race.

“Because if you’re following someone and think ‘I can’t pass them, I may as well make sure I don’t fall off’. The problem with that is if the person ahea𝓰d then g꧒ets a 3 second penalty, if you’re close you’ll move ahead of him [on the revised results]

“Seco🎐ndly, if you roll off, you might drop back into the cooler air and won’t create as much temperature in the tyre and could get a warning or penalty yourself.

“There are a lot of things to manage, because if you push too hard, you’re likely t💖o ꦫfall off.

“So these riders, apart from - I’ve counted - nine buttons and levers on 🌳the left hand of൩ the handlebar for some manufacturers, are trying to deal with all this as well.”

13 riders - including title rivals Francescꦆo Bagnaia 𒊎and Jorge Martin, plus last Sunday's winner Enea Bastianini - have now used up their one available official warning.

Aprilia’s Aleix Esꦗpargaro is the only rider to have so far received a 3-second post-race time penalty for a second pressure♏ infringement.