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During this Argentine Grand Prix, Andrea Iannone made a tumultuous start against Marc Marquez; he left one of his fins there and the camera of #93 died shortly after.

But that’s not what’s worth it this evening sanction, but good his attack courageous, optimistic, daring, virile, inconsiderate, stupid (cross out what does not apply) against his own teammate on the final lap of the race, thus ruining Ducati's championship efforts for the moment.

Here is a translation of an extract from the official document.

On April 3, 2016 during the final laps of the MotoGP Gran Premio Motul de la
Republica Argentina, you overtook driver number 4, in an overly optimistic manner, you lost control of your machine resulting in contact and the fall of this driver.
This is an infringement of Article 1.21.2 of the FIM World Championship Grand Prix
You have been summoned to attend an audition with the MotoGP Stewards Jury.
You attended the hearing and acknowledged the facts presented.
Decision
For the above reason, the MotoGP Stewards Jury has decided to impose a penalty of 3 places on the grid for the next event, plus 1 penalty point on your account, according to Article 3.2.1. of the FIM Grand Prix World Championship.

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