We do not yet know the exact reasons which led Fabio Quartararo to find himself in the middle of a race with an open suit, his chest in the air. The Frenchman had just gotten rid of his internal protection. But what is certain is that in view of the regulations, this situation is causing people to talk. Casey Stoner, on his social network, launches the debates. For the Australian, a black flag should have been shown to the Frenchman…
fabio quartararo Was he a victim of his suit or did he intervene in the middle of the race to resolve a problem, thereby doing himself more harm than good? On Canal+, we put forward the hypothesis of an airbag being triggered, encouraging the Frenchman to slightly open his leather so that it deflates more quickly. But the maneuver would have gone wrong.
But whatever the cause. The consequence was a pilot in a dangerous position. Casey Stoner indicates it thus: “ whether @FabioQ20 opened the zipper intentionally or not, I think that should have been a black flag.. At this level you cannot be allowed to run faster than 350 km/h with your suit open ».
Stoner recalls the rules
The zipper on the Frenchman's Alpinestars suit breaking seems unlikely, however, as Fabio then zipped it up. He may have opened it because of the discomfort caused by the breastplate, which he got rid of. From a regulation point of view, Stoner would be right because the leather was not closed properly.
We will recall that Quarterly suffered a 3 second penalty, which made him lose the third step of the podium, due to the fact that he rode on the green part of the track. A lesser evil? GP One thus recalls the regulation.
MotoGP Catalonia Barcelona J3: classification
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