With FP1 of the San Marino Grand Prix already over, Pecco Bagnaia, who was driving along the track on his way to the Ducati box after finishing with the sixth fastest time of the session, clearly slowed down, unlucky enough that they were coming from behind two riders, one of them Alex Márquez who miraculously did not collide with the Italian rider.
The LCR-Honda driver had a good scare and raised his hand complaining to Pecco for being in the middle of the track at such low speed, while the Ducati apologized. Fortunately, the action ended without consequences, however Race Direction made the decision to investigate it.
Regulations in hand, the Italian rider could receive a long lap sanction for Sunday’s race, although the Race Direction will make the final decision after assessing the images of what happened.
At the British Grand Prix , World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo had to pay a long lap penalty after colliding with Aleix Espargaró in the previous race held in Assen. The punishment was the talk of the town throughout the weekend at Silverstone, although in the end the long lap only meant a loss of approximately one second for the Frenchman, who nevertheless did lose four positions and in the end finished sixth in the race, cutting a good a lot of points, precisely, Bagnaia, winner in the last three races and, right now, in the middle of a desperate race to climb the drivers’ standings, of which he is third behind Fabio and Aleix Espargaró.
Update, the Ducati rider received a penalty
