Marc Marquez reacts to his actions forcing MotoGP rule changes

COTA grid chaos will likely force regulꦫations change in MotoGP

Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 Americas MotoGP
Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 Americas MotoGP
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The grid chaos at the Americas Grand Prix triggered by Marc Marquez is set to force a change in the regulations going forward, but it won’t 🐭be for the first time.

The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:factory Ducati rider triggered an exodus from the grid just seconds before the start of last months Americas G♔P at COTA as he darted off pole position to grab his dry weather bike.

Numerous riders followed him i🅺n to do the same, after the track had dried out significantly from when they came to the grid on wet tyres originally.

The start was then abandoned by race direction on safety grounds, spa🧔ring thoseღ who deserted the grid from a ride-through penalty in the race.

Current rules state that any rider who leaves the grid for weather-related reasons will start from their grid slot and then serve a ri✨de-through in the race.

Because the race start was abando💜ned, the above was nullified.

Race director Mike Webb has since 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:said tওhat a rethink on the🍌 regulations will be had due to the confusion that reigned ꧟at COTA, as not everyon♛e knew the correct interpretation of the rules.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez admits he knew the race was be delayed if more ✤than 10 riders went into pitlane, but didn’t realise he would be penalised if it wasn’t.

In an interview with DAZN, Marquez says a change to the start rules surrounding changeable💙 conditions won’t be the first time he’s ca🎐used a rule amendment.

“It’s not𓃲 the first time they’ve change something in the rules because of🔴 me or because I’ve created different situations like the bike-to-bike jump, or the flag-to-flag jumps like in Germany [in 2014],” he said.

“These are situation💛s hat MotoGP is also positively adapting to.

“We’re in competition. There are moments of improvisation that no one expects and they just h🎉appen.”

Marquez is referring to how he used to line his bikes up in pitlane for flag-to-flag scenarios and litera꧂lly jump from one to the other.

This was widely ad𝓰opted by the rest of the grid but led was clamped down on for safety reasons, leading to the rules being changed so that riders had to park in a specific area, step of♏f their bike and get onto their second one.

The 2014 German GP a💟lso led to a change in regulations after most of the field came in after the warm-up lap to go from wet tyres to dry.

This led to most of them st🌸arting i🤡n pitlane, which now can’t happen.

This wasn’t triggered by Marquez, as he wasn’t the first rider in, but he did muscle his way to the💛 front of pit-exit.

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