Deniz Oncu gets double race ban for causing huge Austin accident

Deniz Oncu gets double race ban for causing huge Austin accident

 
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The FIM Stewards have handed Deniz Oncu a double race ban for causing the huge accident that stopped Sunday’s restarted COTA Moto3 Grand Prix. MotoGP Podcast – Click here to listen to , Harry Benjamin and our own Pete McLaren talk MotoGP The Tech KTM rider was judged to have triggered the incident ‘by swerving into the line of another rider’ on the back straight. ‘This contravenes the specific instructions given to all team/competitors by email and it is considered irresponsible riding causing danger to other competitors’.”As Oncu moved across, his rear wheel made contact with the front wheel of Jeremy Alcoba, sending the Italian to the ground. Alcoba’s bike was then struck at top speed by both Andrea Migno and Pedro Acosta, launching title leader Acosta high into the air.All riders miraculously escaped serious injury, but the accident came just one week after the death of Dean Berta Vinales in a WorldSSP300 race, the third teenage death of the year in junior categories.Related COTA, Austin: 2021 MotoGP World Championship standings UPDATED: 2021 Austin MotoGP, COTA, Texas – Full Race ResultsThe reference to an email suggests the FIM Stewards have warned they would not tolerate dangerous riding and have thus thrown the book at Oncu, who will miss the upcoming Misano and Portimao rounds before returning at the Valencia finale.Sunday’s race had already been stopped once, due to a highside for Filip Salac. After the second incident it was decided not to restart again and the result was taken from the original race.Related Austin Moto2: Fernandez makes it three in a row as Gardner es out Austin Moto2 Grand Prix, COTA, Texas – Race ResultsThat meant Izan Guevara was a surprise debut winner despite retiring from the lead of the restart with technical issues, while Acosta’s championship advantage was reduced to 30-points by runner-up Dennis Foggia.Oncu’s punishment is double that recently given to Yuki Kunii, who was banned from the first Misano race for causing an accident for Alberto Surra by riding slowly on the racing line through the fastest corner of the track in FP3.The last time a grand prix rider was given a two-race ban was when Romano Fenati grabbed Stefano Manzi’s front brake lever during the 2018 Misano Moto2 race.”4 “2 

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