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Originally Posted by csmith12
hahahahahah Rossi deserves his 3 point sanction for being sooooo far off the race line trying to fend off the pressure of another racer, starting from the back of the grid is a bit much though. One or the other but not both imho.
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Those are really the same thing, though. The 3 penalty points determine the penalty, as he had now reached 4 penalty points. If they wanted to give a lesser penalty, it would have to have been less than 3 points (effectively no penalty, as he hadn't reached 4 yet), or given an alternate penalty that had nothing to do with the points system.
Here are how the penalty points work:
http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/212...ints-list.html
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Race Direction can impose between 1 and 10 points for each infringement. Points accumulate with automatic sanctions kicking in once a rider reaches 4 points (start next race from last place), 7 points (start next race from pit lane) and 10 points (disqualification from next race).
Penalty points are in no way linked to riders' championship points.
Additional punishments available to Race Direction include fines, ride through, grid or time penalties, suspension, disqualification or exclusion...
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