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November 14, 2025
The stewards have confirmed Marco Bezzecchi‘s penalty for causing a collision with Marc Marquez in Indonesia to be served during Sunday’s Australian MotoGP.
The Aprilia rider was deemed responsible for causing the opening lap crash that not only ended the race for Marquez but also resulted in serious injury to the newly crowned MotoGP world champion.
After a thorough investigation and a delayed hearing conducted in Phillip Island, Bezzecchi was hit with a double long lap penalty to be served in this Sunday’s Australian MotoGP race, marking a stern disciplinary action by the FIM MotoGP Stewards.
The incident happened early in the Indonesian race as Bezzecchi, who had a poor start from pole position, found himself dropping down into the lower ranks of the top ten by the first lap.
In an attempt to regain lost positions, Bezzecchi approached Turn 7 aggressively but made a critical misjudgment of his braking point and his Aprilia collided with the rear of Marc Marquez’s Ducati sending both riders off their bikes into the gravel trap.
The crash was especially consequential for Marquez, who suffered a coracoid fracture and ligament damage to his right shoulder.
The Spaniard was flown back to Spain where he underwent surgery, ruling him out of both the Australian and Malaysian Grands Prix as he begins his recovery.
Bezzecchi fortunately escaped serious injury but due to the severity and implications of the crash the FIM MotoGP Stewards could not hold an immediate hearing with him in Indonesia as he was undergoing hospital scans.
The disciplinary hearing was subsequently conducted on the Thursday before the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island.
After reviewing video footage, telemetry data and hearing from Bezzecchi and Aprilia representatives, the Stewards concluded that his irresponsible riding caused danger to other riders.
Their statement read: “On 5th October 2025 at 15:02:38 during the MotoGP Race of the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia at Turn 8 you were found to be riding in an irresponsible manner causing a crash, involving rider #93.
“This contravenes the specific instructions given to MotoGP competitors and teams, and is considered irresponsible riding causing danger to other competitors.
“It is therefore an infringement of Article 1.21.2 of the FIM Grand Prix World Championship Regulations. As a second offence for the season, the appropriate penalty in this case is a Double Long Lap Penalty.”
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The penalty invoked is a severe race sanction under the MotoGP penalty protocols, classified as Type MGP-CC5, which relates to dangerous incidents causing collisions especially at the start or opening lap of the race.
This sanction dictates that a rider must enter the designated long lap penalty zone twice during the race, which significantly affects their race performance due to the additional distance and time loss.
The severity of Marco Bezzecchi’s penalty was also exacerbated by the fact that this was his second offense in the 2025 MotoGP season, following contact with Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo in Argentina GP.
Speaking at Phillip Island, Bezzecchi accepted the penalty handed down by the Stewards and expressed regret for causing Marc Marquez Indonesia crash.
“I didn’t expect to be so much faster at that point,” Bezzecchi told MotoGP.com. “Unfortunately, I made a misjudgement and I tried to avoid contact as much as I could.
“I wasn’t able to do it and I just touched a little bit of the rear end of Marc’s bike. Of course, the consequence was huge because at that point there was such a big gap from the asphalt to the gravel and unfortunately, from a slide, then Marc hit the gravel and got injured.
“I wasn’t going to crash, but then with the gravel, I also crashed and hurt myself, I’m just sorry. Of course, I didn’t want to crash on anybody and also, I didn’t want to ruin the race for me and for anyone else.
“But this is racing, and it can happen.”
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