Three riders were penalized for breaching tyre pressure regulations during the MotoGP German GP race held this Sunday at Sachsenring. The penalized riders were Augusto Fernández, Johann Zarco, and Stefan Bradl.
Similar to Marc Márquez’s situation last week in Assen, these three riders had 16 seconds added to their final race times, impacting their standings and even in the point-scoring positions.
Fernández (Red Bull GasGas Tech3/KTM) originally finished 14th, but the 16-second penalty dropped him to 16th, promoting Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda) to 14th and Luca Marini (Repsol Honda) to 15th, earning the last point.
Zarco (LCR Honda) could benefit from that penalty to Fernández, but he also faced a 16-second penalty and thus remained in his 17th place. Stefan Bradl (Repsol Honda), who finished 18th on track, was relegated to 20th and last among those who completed the race.
It’s important to note that riders must maintain the tyre pressure at or above the minimum stipulated value (1.8 bar) for at least 60% of the race – which, for the German GP, equates to 18 laps.