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| Alex Marquez Slammed with Penalty After Wrecking Joan Mir in Czech MotoGP Crash. |
Things went south real quick for Alex Marquez at the Czech Grand Prix, and not in a good way. The Gresini Ducati rider has been slapped with a penalty after a collision with Joan Mir on just the second lap of Sunday’s race—and yeah, it was messy.
Starting from P8, Alex was clearly in attack mode, trying to gain positions early. But by Lap 2, he made a risky move on Honda’s Joan Mir at Turn 12. And it totally backfired.
Alex lost the front of his Ducati heading into the corner and ended up sliding straight into the back of Mir’s factory Honda. The result? Both riders were instantly out of the race. No points, no glory—just frustration all around.
Race stewards didn’t let it slide. After reviewing the incident post-race, they handed Alex Marquez a long lap penalty for the next Grand Prix in Austria. That is, if he actually races. If he skips the Austrian GP for unrelated reasons, the penalty will still count as served.
Neither rider was injured, thank God. But let’s just say Mir wasn’t thrilled—he was clearly pissed off, and honestly, who could blame him?
Now, since this was Alex’s first offense of the season, the stewards went a little easy on him. But still, it adds insult to injury after what was already a brutal weekend. In the Saturday sprint, he got dropped to the back of the grid thanks to wheelspin caused by his brother Marc’s tear-off getting stuck in his front tire. Yeah, just unlucky all around.
This latest crash basically kills any shot Alex had at chasing the championship. Meanwhile, Marc Marquez keeps on flying, now holding a massive 120-point lead in the standings after clinching the win in Brno.
As for Joan Mir, the frustration keeps piling up. He started the race from his best grid spot this season—P5—but that early crash handed him his eighth DNF out of just 12 races. Talk about a rough year.
And Honda? Not exactly a weekend to remember. Mir’s teammate, Luca Marini, was their best finisher… all the way back in 12th.