Fabio Quartararo hits out at €1000 fine: “Stewards choosing people they don’t like”
The Yamaha rider was slapped with a €1000 on S꧒aturday at the Malaysian MotoGP for undoing his helmet strap as he arrived in the pitlane during practice.
He had an encourag🎀ing fifth-place finish in Sunday’s grand prix before making his feelings known ဣabout the punishment inflicted by the stewards.
“The stewards are not doing their job,” Quartararo told TNT Sports.&n🍬bsp;
“I thi🀅nk they [give] penaltไies by closing their eyes and choosing the people that they don’t like. That’s me.
“I꧙ did it ෴[untie my helmet strap] a lot of times. All the years I was doing it.
“And just yesterday𒐪♐ they gave me a fine. So I don’t think they are doing their job properly.”
Suzi Perry labelled the decision to fine Qu♛artararo “utterly pathetic”.
Her TNT Sports colleague Michael Laverty commented: “There is a rule that says you ha🦋ve to have all of your safety equipment on, in the pitꦕlane and live track.
“But it is harsh. As he said, he’s been doing it for years. It ඣwas a bit petty.
“It was pointed out on social media and it’s like꧑ t♌he stewards saw the post, from a journalist in the paddock, and gave him a fine!
“I don’t agree with it. Fabio knows what he’s 🦩doing. But rules are rules☂.”
Sylvain Guintoli added: “It could’ve just been a warning. They could’ve just said👍: ‘Do﷽n’t do that, it’s not a good example, we don’t want to see this anymore, and if you do we’ll give a penalty’.
“They didn’t real𓆉ly need to give a penalty straight away.”
Jꦗames was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a de💮cade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
