MotoGP – Pramac asked about Zarco's position at Mugello

After the winner of this Sunday’s race at Mugello, Fabio Quartararo , Miguel Angel Oliveira and Joan Mir crossed the finish line to complete the podium. Once in the parc fermé, the panel of stewards announced the loss of a place for the Portuguese for exceeding the limits of the track on the last lap, placing him third and moving Mir up to second place.

The joy for Suzuki of what would have been his best result of the season lasted a few minutes, when the panel of stewards communicated that the Spaniard had also exceeded the limits on the same lap and at the same point, leaving the podium as it was. was at the beginning.

The decision was not to the liking of the Pramac team, considering that Johann Zarco , who finished the race fourth, should climb to the second step of the podium after the sanctions on Oliveira and Mir, and that the positions of these two would run one place backwards .

The Italian team was based on the criteria applied in the Moto3 race this Sunday at Mugello. In it, Pedro Acosta crossed the finish line 7th, ahead of Sergio García (8th) and John McPhee (9th). The stewards gave Acosta and Garcia a position penalty for exceeding the limits on the final lap, moving McPhee up to seventh and dropping the two Spaniards a line.

Pramac , with that precedent in hand, went after the podium ceremony to the panel of stewards led by Freddie Spencer , as Motorsport.com has learned, to “ask” the reasons why the same criteria were not applied, considering that Zarco had to move up to second place.

time criteria

The stewards panel’s response was based on time criteria, considering that exceeding the limits of the circuit on the last lap would give the offender a maximum advantage of 0.5 seconds. At the end of the race, Oliveira reached the finish line 2.592 seconds behind Quartararo, Mir at 3.000 and Zarco at 3.535, so those 35 thousandths left the Frenchman out of the box.

On the contrary, in the Moto3 race, McPhee entered the finish line less than half a second behind Acosta and Sergio García.

Those responsible for Pramac accepted the explanations of the panel of stewards and declined to present any claim, so the result is now final.

The photos of Johann Zarco at the 2021 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix

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Pole winner Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing, second place Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Team, third place Johann Zarco, Pramac Racing

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Third place Johann Zarco, Pramac Racing

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Winner Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing, Johann Zarco, Pramac Racing, Miguel Oliveira, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

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Winner Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing, Johann Zarco, Pramac Racing, Miguel Oliveira, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

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