Jorge Martin risked a penalty during the MotoGP Thai Grand Prix sprint when he was hit with a track limits warning, but escaped pu⛎nishment.

Pramac rider Martin extended his championship lead over Francesco Bagnaia by two points to 22 after beating the factory Ducati rider to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:second in the sprint.

Immediately after overtaking Bagnaia at Turn 7 on lap seven 🍌of the sprint, Martin ran off the circuit on the exit of the corner and was subsequently hit with a track limits wꦑarning.

He ran off at the same point two tours later, with Bagnaia stating after the sprint t♔hat ꦦhe counted four times in which Martin exceeded track limits and was expecting a penalty.

Martin did indeed run beyondꦿ track limits on at lea💟st four occasions during the 13-lap sprint, but only two were officially registered by the timekeepers.

The first on lap seven, after which he wa☂s given the warning, and a second on lap nine.

Martin later explained that he exceeded track limi💦ts twice at Turn 7 because: “I’m a bit on the limit in corner seven if I want to do the entry fast and go really soon onto the throttle, then I’m really on the limit on that ex💙it.”

The Pramac rider said he knew he had “cards” to play with, whicඣh is ဣwhy he didn’t try to muscle his GP24 from running beyond the kerbs.

Under the curre🐼nt regulations, if a✨ rider exceeds track limits three times during a sprint then they will be hit with a long lap penalty. A first offence is what nets them a warning.

In the grand prix, a rider has to exceed track limits five times to gain a penalty, with a w﷽arning issued on the third infringement.

Why did Martin’s other track limits not matter?

On the opening lap, Martin ran off circuit at Turn 1 a𓂃s he outbraked hi🐼mself trying to go from first to third ahead of poleman Bagnaia.

On lap six, he did the same thing as he trailed Bagnaia a lap before ov𒅌ertaking the reigning world champion.

Track limits are only monitored at points painted green, where a significant advantage is deᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚemed by the FIM stewards to be gained by exceeding the kerb.

Any area 🔯not painted green is not mon🌺itored by the timekeeping sensors that have been in use since the 2021 season.

The ‘Misano’ kerbs insไtalled at Turn 1 where Martin exceeded track limits twice in the sprint are also designed to ensure riders lose time the higher they climb onto them.

While Bagnaia had expected a penalty (but conceded that he also may have been mistaken൩) and there has b🐽een discourse since the race over Martin’s exceeding of track limits, the simple fact is he did not break the rules.

Martin previously fell foul of a track 🔥limits warning at the Emilia 🌊Romagna sprint, when an early one distracted him and ultimately led to him losing the lead - and the win - to Bagnaia.

While he was not officially penalised in the Thailand sprint, the lo🦩oming penalty for just one more mistake provided a nervous end to th💫e race for Martin.

In the FIM st🐓ewards’ end-of-day report from Saturday in Thailand, it made no mention of Martin and track limits, with it clearly considered a non-issue.