Overview
- During the Brno Sprint on Saturday Marco Bezzecchi crashed at Turn 3 and onboard footage shows a marshal accidentally revving his Aprilia’s engine while recovering the bike.
- Footage then shows Bezzecchi running back, pressing the kill switch and physically pushing and striking the marshal, conduct the stewards described as 'prejudicial to the interests of the sport.'
- The FIM MotoGP Stewards suspended Bezzecchi from the remainder of the Czech Grand Prix and Aprilia lodged an immediate appeal that the FIM Appeal Stewards later rejected the same evening.
- The ban forces Bezzecchi out of Sunday’s feature race after he had qualified fourth, shrinks his points buffer with Jorge Martin gaining five sprint points, and leaves only a post‑weekend appeal to the International Court of Appeal as a procedural option.
- Stewards cited marshal protection and deterrence when upholding the sanction and noted Bezzecchi’s 2022 fine for a similar marshal contact as part of their proportionality assessment.