Marc Marquez insists he supports MotoGP\u2019s controversial tyre pressure rules but believes the current penalties for non-compliance are excessive.<\/p>\n
The Ducati Lenovo<\/a> rider and runaway 2025 title leader was forced to back off and deliberately surrender the lead of the Brno Sprint to Pedro Acosta after receiving a dashboard warning that he was at risk of failing to complete 30% of race laps above the minimum front pressure.<\/p>\n After allowing the KTM rider past, Marquez<\/a> tucked into Acosta\u2019s slipstream to increase his tyre temperature and pressure, then calmly reclaimed the lead to win.<\/p>\n The same strategy previously helped Marquez avoid a penalty in Buriram but requires a slower rider behind, to stay in the slipstream and then make a re-pass once the tyre pressure has been raised.<\/p>\n But if the nearest opponent is quicker late in the race, the rider backing off might not only lose a position but still get a post-race penalty, as happened to Maverick Vinales in Qatar.<\/p>\n Brno also saw Marquez\u2019s team-mate Francesco Bagnaia fall victim to the pressure regulations, due to a dashboard malfunction.<\/p>\n Bagnaia wrongly believed he was under the minimum limit, let several riders past, and dropped from second to seventh, only to learn after the race that he had been safely over the threshold all along.<\/p>\n Marc Marquez wants a MotoGP penalty to change<\/p>\n Despite the ongoing controversy and post-race investigations, Marquez made clear he agrees with the existence of the tyre pressure rule:<\/p>\n \u201cI agree with that rule, because in the end it\u2019s a safety rule,\u201d Marquez said.
\u201cIt\u2019s true that the penalty is, in my opinion, too much. I would say yes, it can be fewer seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n