It was in fact a rain of penalties that fell on Aragon during the first two days of this Grand Prix.
First of all, Livio Law, in addition to having already been penalized on Friday, was relegated to the back of the grid on Saturday after the technical inspection of his machine which revealed the use of non-compliant gearbox pinions. He had set the third fastest time in qualifying and this sudden leap forward in the hierarchy had intrigued the official Technical Director who was therefore decided to carry out a technical check, even if the Belgian driver fell back down the rankings.
Race Direction cannot prove this, but it seems reasonable to assume that Loi was not driving for the first time with this illegal transmission. However, the absence of proof constitutes a presumption of innocence and the RW driver will be authorized to start from the last position on the starting grid.
Then, Nicholas Bulega had the privilege of inaugurating what we provisionally call the “anti-finger law” (in fact an article of the regulation already present, 3.2.1) and received a fine of 300 euros for a “bad gesture” during FP3 at turn #15.
A sanction which follows a gesture of irritation expressed by the boot coming out of the toe clip against the Aspar driver Jorge Martin in the 3rd sector 10 minutes from the end of the session, because, at that moment, the Sky VR46 driver was in an extremely fast lap (provisional best time) before “falling into the Aspar driver who was wandering on the trajectory at the turn #12 and cut the throttle just after, still on course…
Otherwise, Khairul Pawi (5 places on the grid), Ramirez (3 places) and George Martin (3 places) were sanctioned on Saturday for having slowed down while waiting for a wheel, after those punished the day before which were, Niccolo Antonelli (4 seats), Gabriel Rodrigo (4 seats), Livio Law (3 places) and Fabio Spiranelli (5 seats).
Hafiz Syahrin had to pay 300 euros for having done a test in Valencia without having informed the Race Direction.
