THE ROSSI RULE

p4p1 said:

what a joke.

Irony would be if Marquez punted off Rossi 3 times accidentally and didn't get a punishment.

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Dr No said:

Sooo..The Marquez inspired points rule has become the Rossi watered down points rule...
Just great.

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JPSLotus said:

FIM confirmed penalty points change today. You only get penalized when you get hit with 10 points....lol

So unless they've changed point totals for infractions, you could in theory punt someone off a bike and be safe.

FIM confirms penalty points tweak for MotoGP

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Kropotkin said:

Yeah, only that's not gonna happen. If you check the FIM website, you will see that no such press release has been issued. In fact, the GPC hasn't met yet, and they would have to change the penalty system.

Motorsport.com copied a story off AS.com, from a Spanish reporter whose name I have never previously come across.

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Jumkie said:

Hahaha, that's awesome. Hahaha!

Reminds me when those Onion News stories get out. Thanks for the insight Krops. Btw, I left you a few questions in the Wsbk PI thread.


Btw, if you click on the author's profile, it goes here. EliGP | Community | Motorsport.com

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Kropotkin said:

Yeah, only that's not gonna happen. If you check the FIM website, you will see that no such press release has been issued. In fact, the GPC hasn't met yet, and they would have to change the penalty system.

Motorsport.com copied a story off AS.com, from a Spanish reporter whose name I have never previously come across.

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WVMotoGP99 said:

Love it... Been played.. Damn you Spaniards, or is it, well played you beautiful Spanish .......s... Lol.

Thanks Kropo...

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Kropotkin said:

Yeah, only that's not gonna happen. If you check the FIM website, you will see that no such press release has been issued. In fact, the GPC hasn't met yet, and they would have to change the penalty system.

Motorsport.com copied a story off AS.com, from a Spanish reporter whose name I have never previously come across.

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Disciplinary Regulations

Effective Immediately

Following recent decisions concerning the competence of Race Direction and Stewards to impose penalties, other modifications have been made to the Disciplinary Regulations.

The Panel of Stewards will be known as the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel and they will be responsible for deciding on penalties that are not considered to be matters of fact. Anyone receiving a penalty from the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel may appeal to the FIM MotoGP Court of Appeal which is required to hear and rule on any appeals within four days.

The system of Penalty Points will now only count towards the penalty of disqualification from an event which will happen when a rider accumulates 10 Penalty Points. The interim penalties previously triggered after accumulating four or seven points, no longer apply.

Penalty Points will continue to be recorded against the record of the rider for 365 days. However, when a rider has accumulated 10 or more points and suffered a disqualification 10 points are removed from his record.
A regularly updated version of the FIM Grand Prix Regulations which contains the detailed text of the regulation changes may be viewed shortly on:
Regulations and documents: FIM Website

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MotoGP News - MotoGP Penalty Points change, no ?irresponsible? statements

The range of punishments handed out for accumulating Penalty Points in MotoGP has been reduced to simply a race disqualification, if a rider reaches ten points within one calendar year.

Meanwhile a new 'condition' has been added to the Sporting Regulations warning that: 'Teams and Riders must not make statements or issue press releases that are considered to be irresponsible and hence damaging to the Championship'.

Both moves are the latest reaction to last year's controversy involving two of the sports biggest stars, Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez.

Rossi claimed Marquez was trying to help Jorge Lorenzo win the title, the pair then sensationally clashing on track at the penultimate round in Sepang. Rossi was punished with three Penalty Points which, combined with an earlier point, meant a back of the grid start at Valencia.

Tensions were so high that organisers were concerned about crowd safety at the final round. Fortunately there was no disturbance, although the social media frenzy continued long after the race, where Rossi believes Marquez protected Lorenzo, who won the race and title.

The new ruling means that the previous punishments for a rider reaching four Penalty Points (back of the grid start) and seven points (pit lane start) have been removed.

The change thus replaces a 'clarification' published with January's provisional version of the 2016 MotoGP rules, which declared riders would only serve the back of grid start and pit lane start once, until reaching ten points.

This was to solve the issue of, for example, Rossi receiving a second back-of-the-grid start if he receives 1 penalty point after his Misano 2015 point expires in September, but before the 3 points from Sepang are wiped clear in October.

Meanwhile, the organisers now have a mechanism with which to clamp down on what they view as 'irresponsible' comments, seen by those in charge as fueling last season's meltdown.

However it does not state who will decide what is considered 'irresponsible and hence damaging' or what the punishment might be.

“A new condition has been included in the regulations which reflects obligations on teams and riders already included in the Team Participation Agreements concerning public pronouncements.

"The effect of the regulation is that Teams and Riders must not make statements or issue press releases that are considered to be irresponsible and hence damaging to the Championship.

"Of course, the new regulation does not seek to prohibit responsible expressions of legitimate disagreement with the MotoGP Management, Organisers and/or MotoGP policies.”

F1 has a similar rule, should a competitor "bring the Championship into disrepute".

It is unclear which particular statements or releases have prompted the MotoGP rule amendment but Honda, Yamaha, Repsol as well as the riders themselves expressed some strong opinions after the Sepang and Valencia races.

The pre-event press conference at Valencia was cancelled to try and limit acrimony between the riders, who were told not to discuss Sepang until after the final race.

The other major change in response to last season's controversy has been the (previously announced) creation of a new panel of judges to decide on any rider punishments.

“The Panel of Stewards will be known as the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel and they will be responsible for deciding on penalties that are not considered to be matters of fact. Anyone receiving a penalty from the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel may appeal to the FIM MotoGP Court of Appeal which is required to hear and rule on any appeals within four days.”

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JPSLotus said:

Looks like you were wrong Kropo.



Bottom of this document.

http://www.fim-live.com/en/library/download/57687/no_cache/1/

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The Burning Barber said:

Boom. :blowup:

Here I was thinking that the "silly" season was only going to be about rider contracts...

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JPSLotus said:

Something else, from Crash.net

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JPSLotus said:

This decision is insane though.

It's almost as if they are trying to give Rossi leeway should he want to seek revenge. Granted, as has been pointed out, MM could do something similar perhaps.

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JPSLotus said:

This decision is insane though.

It's almost as if they are trying to give Rossi leeway should he want to seek revenge. Granted, as has been pointed out, MM could do something similar perhaps.

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