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Sanction for Quartararo for his incident with Aleix Espargaró

Starting from second position, Fabio Quartararo suffered a crash at the fifth corner of the Assen track and, almost inevitably, the boy from the Côte d’Azur took Aleix Espargaró ahead . The Aprilia rider managed to maintain his composure and did not fall to the ground, but he did lose important positions after making a small excursion through the gravel of the Dutch track.

The incident between both drivers remained under investigation, and two hours after the end of the Dutch Grand Prix, the conclusion has been communicated through an official report from the championship organizers, confirming that the French driver and current champion of the world will receive a sanction in the form of a long lap for the next appointment.

This is the first time, since the Catalan GP, that Quartararo has faced a penalty in the race. The last one corresponds to 2021, when his suit opened during the final stages of the Barcelona race.

The French driver called Sunday’s crash at Assen a “rookie mistake”. “I was basically one lap after everyone, the team told me to go because maybe the rain was coming. But as soon as I got out I said I’d push again, but I [already] went back in because I felt a problem. We went out again and I I feel lucky not to have something broken after that”, said Fabio after finishing the test.

Quartararo called his crash with Espargaro a “rookie mistake” and felt the Aprilia rider should have won Sunday’s race, considering the pace he showed battling to fourth place from Assen.

Now the Aprilia rider is just 21 points behind Quartararo in the standings and after the penalty, the Frenchman will be required to complete a long lap during the next British Grand Prix in August.

Results of the 2022 MotoGP Assen race

Cla # Pilot Motorcycle laps Weather Difference Interval Km/h Abandonment Points
1 63 Italy Pecco Bagnaia Ducati 26 40’25.205 175.2 25
2 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 26 40’25.649 0.444 0.444 175.2 20
3   12 Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia 26 40’26.414 1.209 0.765 175.2   16
4 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró April 26 40’27,790 2,585 1,376 175.1 13
5   33 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 26 40’27.926 2.721 0.136 175.1   11
6 43 Australia Jack Miller Ducati 26 40’28.250 3,045 0.324 175.0 10
7 89 Spain Jorge Martin Ducati 26 40’29,545 4,340 1,295 174.9 9
8   36 Spain Joan Mir Suzuki 26 40’33.390 8.185 3.845 174.7   8
9 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 26 40’33.530 8,325 0.140 174.6 7
10   42 Spain Alex Rins Suzuki 26 40’33.801 8.596 0.271 174.6   6
11 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati 26 40’34.988 9.783 1.187 174.5 5
12 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Honda 26 40’35,822 10,617 0.834 174.5 4
13 5 France Johann Zarco Ducati 26 40’39.610 14.405 3.788 174.2 3
14 49 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 26 40’42.886 17,681 3,276 174.0 2
fifteen 73 Spain Alex Marquez Sling 26 40’51.071 25,866 8,185 173.4 1
16 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Yamaha 26 40’54,916 29,711 3.845 173.1
17 10 Italy Luca Marini Ducati 26 40’55.501 30,296 0.585 173.1
18 6 Germany Stefan Bradl Honda 26 40’57,430 32.225 1,929 172.9
19   87 Australia Remy Gardner KTM 26 41’00.152 34.947 2.722 172.8    
20 32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 26 41’01.003 35,798 0.851 172.7
dnf 25 Spain Raul Fernandez KTM 18 28’44.750 8 laps 8 laps 170.6 Abandonment
  dnf 20 France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 11 18’55.288 15 Laps 7 Laps 158.4 Accidente  
  dnf 40 South Africa Darryn Binder Yamaha 8 12’42.817 18 Laps 3 Laps 171.4 Accidente  
dnf 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 8 14’16,547 18 Laps 1’33,730 152.7 Abandono

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