GP of Styria – Suzuki denounces the lack of sanction against Pol Espargaro – Used SUZUKI

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Suzuki denounces the lack of sanction against Pol Espargaro

GP of Styria - Suzuki denounces the lack of sanction against Pol Espargaro - Used SUZUKI

While celebrating Joan Mir’s fourth place at the Styrian Grand Prix yesterday, Suzuki believes he could have finished third and denounces a lack of fairness in the application of penalties for exceeding the track limits… Explanations.

Fourth yesterday in Styria (Austria) on his official Suzuki, ahead of Pol Espargaro and his official KTM … This is in any case what the pilot and his team manager underline..

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"Despite a solid lead in the first part of the race before the red flag, Joan finished fourth in the second part and we cannot be satisfied with this result which was influenced by a decision – or rather a non-decision – of the management. racing, "denounces Davide Brivio even though he prefers to focus on" the positive points of these two races in Austria, which is the third track in a row on which we have been very competitive. We have a lot of potential with the GSX-RR and also with the two pilots ".

"Espargaro was able to defend his third place by widening"

"The rules clearly state that any driver who oversteps the limits of the track on the last lap must abandon a position, especially if he took advantage of it", recalls the team manager: "in our opinion, if he had not Widened on the edge of the track, Espargaro should have braked and got passed by Joan. He was therefore able to defend his third place by widening ".

The official Suzuki MotoGP team manager is all the more bitter that "in the first race, Joan himself received this penalty and had to abandon a position for having exceeded the limits of the track, but that was not applied in the last corner of the second race "…

For Joan Mir, 4th in the race and 8th in the championship, "the truth is that in the last corner Pol came out very wide, outside the limits of the track. I didn’t see him very well, but I thought he would be penalized by the race director for that. It’s a shame and I’m not happy with the inconsistency of the rules ".

MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix 2020 result

  1. 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA (POR) Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 183.5 km / h 16’56.025
  2. 43 Jack MILLER (AUS) Pramac Racing Ducati 183.5 km / h +0.316
  3. 44 Pol ESPARGARO (SPA) Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 183.4 km / h +0.540
  4. 36 Joan MIR (SPA) Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 183.4 km / h +0.641
  5. 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO (ITA) Ducati Team Ducati 183.3 km / h +1.414
  6. 42 Alex RINS (SPA) Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 183.3 km / h +1.450
  7. 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI (JPN) LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 183.2 km / h +1.864
  8. 33 Brad BINDER (RSA) Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 182.8 km / h +4.150
  9. 46 Valentino ROSSI (ITA) Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 182.7 km / h +4.517
  10. 27 Iker LECUONA (SPA) Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 182.6 km / h +5.068
  11. 9 Danilo PETRUCCI (ITA) Ducati Team Ducati 182.5 km / h +5.918
  12. 41 Aleix ESPARGARO (SPA) Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 182.4 km / h +6.411
  13. 20 Fabio QUARTARARO (FRA) Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 182.2 km / h +7.406
  14. 5 Johann ZARCO (FRA) Esponsorama Racing Ducati 182.2 km / h +7.454
  15. 21 Franco MORBIDELLI (ITA) Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 181.7 km / h +10.191
  16. 73 Alex MARQUEZ (SPA) Repsol Honda Team Honda 181.7 km / h +10.524
  17. 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW (GBR) LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 181.5 km / h +11.447
  18. 6 Stefan BRADL (GER) Repsol Honda Team Honda 181.4 km / h +11.943
  19. 38 Bradley SMITH (GBR) Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 181.3 km / h +12.732
  20. 51 Michele PIRRO (ITA) Pramac Racing Ducati 181.0 km / h +14.349
  21. 53 Tito RABAT (SPA) Esponsorama Racing Ducati 181.0 km / h +14.548

Unclassified

  • 12 Maverick VIÑALES (SPA) Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha (not starting in the second race)

World Championship classification after the Styrian GP

  1. Fabio QUARTARARO Yamaha FRA (70 points)
  2. Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA (67 points)
  3. Jack MILLER Ducati AUS (56 points)
  4. Brad BINDER KTM RSA (49 points)
  5. Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha SPA (48 points)
  6. Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda JPN (46 points)
  7. Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA (45 points)
  8. Joan MIR Suzuki SPA (44 points)
  9. Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM POR (43 points)
  10. Pol ESPARGARO KTM SPA (35 points)
  11. Franco MORBIDELLI Yamaha ITA (32 points)
  12. Johann ZARCO Ducati FRA (30 points)
  13. Alex RINS Suzuki SPA (29 points)
  14. Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA (25 points)
  15. Alex MARQUEZ Honda SPA (15 points)
  16. Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia SPA (15 points)
  17. Iker LECUONA KTM SPA (13 points)
  18. Francesco BAGNAIA Ducati ITA (9 points)
  19. Bradley SMITH Aprilia GBR (8 points)
  20. Tito RABAT Ducati SPA (7 points)
  21. Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR (7 points)
  22. Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA (4 points)

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