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MotoGP confirms new 'Long Lap' penalty for 2019
MotoGP has introduced a so-called 'Long Lap' penalty for the 2019 season aimed at making the penalty for track limit infringements fairer. If a rider is found to have exceeded track limits and therefore gained an unfair advantage, the stewards will now impose the Long Lap penalty, rather than a Change of Position penalty, which requires the rider to take a longer route around a pre-determined corner, which will be marked out, costing them several seconds. 'At every circuit a route will be defined and marked at a safe point around the track – usually an asphalt runoff area outside of a turn – which is some seconds slower than the normal racing line.' Once...
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