KTM motorspo🐭rt boss Pit Beirer has called the decision by race direction to delay the start of the M💯otoGP Americas Grand Prix “both unfortunate and unprofessional”.

All but three riders lined up on the grid for last weekend’s grand prix at the Circuit of the Americas on wet tyres, following rainfall on the run up to pitlane opening for the sig🦹hting lap.

Poleman 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez triggered an exodus from the grid just seconds befor🥀e the warm-up lap was due to start as he bolted for his bike fitted with dry tyres, having felt the track had cleared up too much for wets.

Under the current regulations, any rider who leaves the ಞgrid to change tyres before the race start is to serve a ride-through penalty.

If more than 10 riders leave the grid, the start is then delayed. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marquez later admitted he knew his actions 💜would lead to at least 10 riders following him into pitlane.

However, it is not clear that 10 riders♔ actually did leave the grid, with race direction delaying the start anyway on safe💛ty grounds.

Trackhouse team boss Davide Brivio 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:was left furious by race direction’s decision, as his rider Ai Ogura was one of the three - along wit𒀰h KTM duo Brad Binder and Enea Bastianini - to line up on the grid on slicks.

Speaking to Speedweek after the grand prix, Beirer was similarly angry: “There's no question that what the ofౠficials did on Sunday was both unfortunate a🍌nd unprofessional.

“They acted differently than the regulations s🌺tipulate.

“The situation we experienced is clearly covered.

“If nine riders leave the starting grid, it's clꦬear – these nine 🔯riders will start from the pitlane and receive a rider-through penalty, that's the rule.”

Beirer’s interpretation of the regulation is ꧂not correct, in this case, as the riders who left the grid prior to the warm-up lap would have taken their original s𝄹tarting spots and then received a ride-through.

He added: “There are rules f🌼or everything in this paddock.

“If you rider 1km/💞h too fast in the pitlaꦐne – penalty.

“If you touch the green with a millimetre of your bike – penaꦫlty, and if you wear ❀the wrong trousers on the starting grid, that's not right either.

“If everything is regulated and handled so consistently, then thatꩲ must apply everywhere.”

Marquez would 💟ultimately crash out of the lead of the😼 grand prix on lap nine of 19, with Ducati team-mate Pecco Bagnaia - who also changed his bike before the warm-up lap - picking up the pieces.