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Two mechanics have been fined and suspended for blocking an opposing group’s bike from leaving the pit lane throughout qualifying for a motorcycle race.
On Saturday, two members of the Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max group had been caught on digital camera showing to intentionally impede the bike of Adrian Fernandez as he tried to depart the Tech3 KTM storage through the second a part of qualifying for the Moto3 Aragon Grand Prix.
MotoGP introduced afterward Saturday that each mechanics had been fined €2,000 (USD2003.23) and suspended for 2 races for “interfering and making contact with the bike and rider of one other group in an aggressive and harmful method.”
The suspension was deferred till later races as banning the mechanics for the following two races, in Japan and Thailand, MotoGP stated, would make changing the pair inconceivable due to immigration and journey restrictions.
The group’s boss, former World Superbike Champion Max Biaggi, prompt the 2 mechanics would each be punished past that already handed down by MotoGP.
“Unacceptable habits!” he stated on Twitter. “We publicly apologize to the Tech3 Racing Staff and Adriàn Fernàndez.
“An unsolicited, harmful motion that can’t be justified in any means by our code of ethics! These accountable shall be appropriately punished.”
Fernandez’s qualifying standings suffered in consequence, that means he began from fifteenth place within the grid for Sunday’s race. He finally completed twelfth.
