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Aleix Espargaro slams 'exaggerated' grid penalty

Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro has slammed the six-place grid penalty handed to him for impeding Marc Marquez in FP3 as “exaggerated”, as he drops from 13th to 19th for the MotoGP German Grand Prix. Espargaro slowed in front of Marquez at the final corner during third practice, forcing him to abort his current lap and scrub his next tour as well.  The Aprilia rider – who was similarly blocked by Suzuki's Alex Rins at the same corner earlier in the session – was subsequently handed a six-place grid drop by race stewards, his punishment harsher as he was awarded three-place penalty at Catalunya for a similar incident.  Espargaro...
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