Label: penalty points

Mar102024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Perez is just four points away from being banned from the race

Sergio Perez will have to be especially careful in the rest of the season, because after the race in Jeddah he is only four penalty points away from being banned from the race. The stewards gave the Mexican a five-second penalty in yesterday's race because he dangerously left the place to change tires after the stop and almost collided with Fernando Alonso. After additional reviews of the footage, it was established that this was not the team's fault, but the driver's, who left the place before the team gave him the green light to leave. In a statement, the stewards wrote: "Car number 11 left the place for a tire change in a dangerous way. Car number 14 (Alonso) narrowly avoided him and prevented an accident. This was not a team error, as the car left the place, when it's

Mar292017 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

No more penalty points in MotoGP

MotoGP News

The leading men of the MotoGP World Championship have decided to abolish the system of penalty points after the race in Qatar, which is supposed to achieve a more constant punishment by the commissioners in the races. The system was introduced in the 2013 season and has changed several times since then, and certainly had the biggest impact on the outcome of the championship in the 2015 season, when Valentino Rossi had to start the last race of the season in Valencia, which decided the title, from scratch. after collecting four penalty points. The Italian got one point in the qualifications for the Mugello GP, where, according to the commissioners, he obstructed his teammate Jorge Lorenzo, and three more for the incident with Marco Marquez in the race in Malaysia, where he pushed the Spaniard to the edge of the track where the Honda racer fell. After much criticism on ra

Mar282013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Introduction of penalty points for dangerous drivers

MotoGP News

The start of a new racing season is getting closer. This will also bring about changes in the rules in all three competition classes. A new system for punishing aggressive and (too) dangerous racers will be introduced. In order to prevent aggression on the track, the leading men of the motorcycle caravan have decided to introduce penalty points in the coming season. Many a racer, of course, has concerns, as he will have to be much more careful and even more careful in the race than he is now. The number of penalty points will be awarded to the racer in accordance with the offense he has committed and the danger thereof. The smallest offense will be recorded with 1 penalty point, and the worst with as many as 10. In case the racer collects 10 points, the latter will be banned from racing in the next race, and the points will be counted with