Jorge Martin appeals against Austrian GP penalty
Pramac Ducati driver Jorge Martin has been given a long lap penalty for last Sunday's Austrian GP after he was deemed faulty for triggering a stackup on the opening lap of the sprint race.
The incident was scrutinized for several hours after the sprint race on Saturday, and Martin insisted he was not at fault.
However, the referees decided that Martin was wrong and he was given a long lap penalty in Sunday's race. Martin served this penalty in the fourth lap and finished the race in seventh place.
However, Martin continued to appeal the penalty after the race.
“I watched the race many times,” the Pramac Ducati driver said of the penalty. said. “I talked to many drivers, Randy Mamola and many journalists. If you watch it over and over, you'll see that it's not my fault. It was just a situation that happened that way.”
"We saw more aggressive moves from another driver in the race but nothing happened."
“But that was how it was yesterday, I was unlucky. It's too bad that the referees penalized the main race and not that race. It could destroy your chances of fighting for the title.”
“They had to punish someone for this incident, and they chose the easy way.”
Martin managed to maintain his podium position in the sprint race and avoided a second penalty after contacting VR46's Luca Marini while passing for third place.
Fourth-placed Marini expressed his displeasure at the referees' inconsistency and noted that Fabio Quartararo had been suspended for a long lap due to a similar incident with Lorenzo Savadori.
Martin is second in the standings after the Austrian GP, 62 points behind Francesco Bagnaia.
