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Yamaha MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo has incurred a penalty for his actions at the start of the sprint race at new venue Balaton Park.
Yamaha MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo was penalized for his actions at the start of the sprint race at the new Balaton Park venue. Quartararo’s aggressive move into Turn 1 caused a chain reaction, leading to collisions with several riders, including Tech3 KTM rider Enea Bastianini.
The incident resulted in Quartararo crashing out immediately, while Bastianini continued before being involved in another crash later in the race. Despite the series of events, Bastianini and other MotoGP riders did not heavily criticize Quartararo, attributing the chaos to the unfamiliar track layout.
Quartararo defended himself by mentioning the challenging conditions and the slide of bikes on the dirty part of the track. Nevertheless, the MotoGP stewards deemed his actions as causing a dangerous situation, resulting in a long-lap penalty for Quartararo’s first offense of this kind. This penalty is expected to impact Quartararo’s performance in the upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix due to the difficulty of overtaking at Balaton Park.
