New MotoGP rule introduced at Silverstone could lead to penalties

Stewards have agreed to bring in a gradual penalty scale, r﷽ather than disqualifying riders from a session or a race, because this rule is being brought in mid-season.
Time penalties for tyre pressure infringements
- 1st offense: Warning
- 2nd offense: 3-second time penalty
- 3rd offense: 6-second time penalty
- 4th offense: 12-second time penalty
The plan is to eventually implement disqualifications from a session or a race, when MotoGP teams and riders are familiar with this 🦂new rule.
No time-frame is set before dꦓisqualifications will be intr🐼oduced.
What is the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System?
It is a new system to ensure compliance with the tyre ꦕpressures set by Michelin, who provi꧂de MotoGP’s tyres.
Until now, teams were using their own indi🌸vidual systems to check tyre pressures.
Now, there is a unified method of analysing tyre pressu꧅re.
What is the MotoGP tyre pressure rule?
The manufacturers a💦nd MotoGP have agreed that the tyres have to be above a specifi♏c pressure during a minimum percentage of the laps in a Sprint or race.
The minimum pres♏sure may vary depending on thꦦe circuit.
How was this developed?
Last ꦚseason every manufacturer shared their tyre pressure data withও a view to testing the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System.
The system was then te🐓sted in the first part of the 2023 season.
Does it apply to practice or qualifying?
No. For now, it is only applicable in MotoGP sprint races and grands pr🌼ix.
What about Moto2 and Moto3?
It is not applied to these categories.

James was a sports journalist at Sky S🎉ports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.