Aldeguer earns first MotoGP penalty for Oliveira clash

Fermin Aldeguer must serve an extended lap penalty in Sunday’s Argentina Grand Prix after taking out Miguel Oliveira in Saturday’s MotoGP dash race – an accident that resulted within the Portuguese rider heading to hospital.

There was some concern that Oliveira might need damaged his collarbone following the lap 4 incident, wherein Aldeguer tried to overhaul the five-time MotoGP winner deep within the pack. Nevertheless, it was confirmed on Saturday night that Oliveira had no fractures. He’ll bear one other medical examination on Sunday morning.

Aldeguer took the blame for the conflict with Oliveira, who missed a number of races late final season as a result of an harm and has moved from Trackhouse Racing Team Aprilia to Pramac Yamaha for a recent begin in 2025.

“I attempted to overhaul [Oliveira] as quick as attainable, to attempt to regain the place,” stated Aldeguer. “And I touched him. I’ve to apologise to Miguel and in addition to Pramac. It was not my intention to the touch him.”

The penalty represents Aldeguer’s first brush with MotoGP officialdom, which has been represented by Simon Crafar because the starting of this season two weeks in the past in Thailand.

Particularly, Aldeguer was sanctioned for “inflicting an accident or contact with one other rider leading to an accident”. Being his first infraction of this kind, his punishment is proscribed to an extended lap penalty.

In the meantime, Lorenzo Savadori, Aprilia’s check rider and Jorge Martin’s substitute, was unable to complete the dash after struggling a crash in Q1.

“Throughout Q1, Lorenzo Savadori misplaced management of the bike on the exit of a nook, which prompted an harm [a sprain] to his left shoulder, leading to a subluxation that subsided spontaneously,” defined the workforce.

“The Italian rider was evaluated on the circuit’s medical centre, and no bone lesions had been discovered within the affected areas. He was given analgesic remedy; sadly, the signs associated to the sprain prevented him from ending the dash, forcing him to retire six laps earlier than the tip.”

Savadori may also be assessed forward of the warm-up on Sunday.