The MotoGP World Championship has taken a decisive step to try to prevent an incident like the one that occurred during the sprint race at the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez. The move means that Marc Marquez has once again, through his clever maneuvers, forced a change or clarification of the rules - a development that had already been foreshadowed by a brief clarifying addendum during the championship’s visit to Le Mans.
In the Spanish GP sprint race, Marquez crashed in the final corner while leading the race as the rain began to pour down on the Circuito de Jerez. The reigning world champion took advantage of the incident to change his plans; instead of continuing in the race, he shifted gears to enter the pit lane in a controversial manner, crossing the solid white line marking its outer boundary, with the aim of changing bikes as quickly as possible under the 'flag-to-flag' procedure.
