Final Catalan GP results as five riders penalised and Mir loses MotoGP podium

MotoGP has published the final results for the Catalan Grand Prix, more than two hours after the race finished, after concluding several technical investigations.

Five riders have been penalised for infringing tyre pressure rules, including Joan Mir - who had provisionally scored Honda’s first podium of the year in second place.

After being hit with the standard 16-second time penalty, he dropped to 13th place - and will leave Barcelona with just three points from the weekend.

Other riders who fell foul of the rules included Yamaha’s Alex Rins (originally 11th), Pramac duo Jack Miller and Toprak Razgatlioglu (originally 14th and 15th) and Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse).

As a result, Rins slipped to 14th in the final order, with Miller taking the final point in 15th place. Razgatlioglu and Fernandez are now classified 16th and 17th respectively.

Meanwhile, Fermin Aldeguer moved up to second in the final order on what was otherwise a tough day for Gresini, while Francesco Bagnaia was elevated to the final spot on the podium. 

The factory Ducati rider had originally taken the chequered flag in fifth place, but already moved up a place after Trackhouse’s Ai Ogura was penalised for causing a collision with Pedro Acosta at the final corner.

The result marked the first podium of the season for the factory Ducati Team, while the Borgo Panigale marque also locked out the top three spots as Fabio di Giannantonio claimed victory for VR46.

Bagnaia was also investigated post-race for a technical infringement but was cleared by the technical director after it was concluded that the loss of pressure was caused by a “leaking wheel”.

Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi was another big winner, as he took 13 points for fourth in what was his least competitive outing of the season.

The high number of penalties were likely down to the race being restarted twice, forcing most riders to switch to soft rears and adjust the tyre pressure according to the shortened race distance (12 laps).

Final Catalan GP results as five riders penalised and Joan Mir loses MotoGP podium

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Cla	Rider	#		Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49		Ducati	12	20'06.243		166.7		25
2	F. Aldeguer Gresini Racing	54		Ducati	12	+1.466 20'07.709	1.466	166.5		20
3	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	63		Ducati	12	+4.320 20'10.563	2.854	166.1		16
4	M. Bezzecchi Aprilia Racing Team	72		Aprilia	12	+4.679 20'10.922	0.359	166.1		13
5	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20		Yamaha	12	+4.876 20'11.119	0.197	166.1		11
6	L. Marini Honda HRC	10		Honda	12	+4.971 20'11.214	0.095	166.0		10
7	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33		KTM	12	+5.137 20'11.380	0.166	166.0		9
8	A. Ogura Trackhouse Racing Team	79		Aprilia	12	+5.377 20'11.620	0.240	166.4		8
9	D. Moreira Team LCR	11		Honda	12	+6.839 20'13.082	1.462	165.8		7
10	F. Morbidelli Team VR46	21		Ducati	12	+7.160 20'13.403	0.321	165.8		6
11	M. Viñales Tech 3	12		KTM	12	+10.147 20'16.390	2.987	165.3		5
12	A. Fernandez Yamaha Factory Racing	47		Yamaha	12	+16.245 20'22.488	6.098	164.5		4
13	J. Mir Honda HRC	36		Honda	12	+17.250 20'23.493	1.005	166.6		3
14	A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing	42		Yamaha	12	+22.916 20'29.159	5.666	165.8		2
15	J. Miller Pramac Racing	43		Yamaha	12	+26.452 20'32.695	3.536	165.3		1
16	T. Razgatlioglu Pramac Racing	7		Yamaha	12	+27.808 20'34.051	1.356	165.1
17	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25		Aprilia	12	+31.066 20'37.309	3.258	164.7
dnf	J. Martin Aprilia Racing Team	89		Aprilia	12	+58.592 21'04.835	27.526	159.0	Retirement
dnf	P. Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	37		KTM	11	+1 Lap 18'26.874	1 Lap	166.6	Accident
dnf	A. Marquez Gresini Racing	73		Ducati	0				Accident / injury
dnf	J. Zarco Team LCR	5		Honda	0				Accident before 2nd restart
dnf	E. Bastianini Tech 3	23		KTM	0				Accident
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