The risk of a tyre pressure penalty means that even riders who are out of reach of their opponents can no longer afford to back off in the closing stages of a MotoGP race.
MotoGP title contender Jorge Martin has played down the future implications of his official warning for low tyre pressure on his way to victory in Buriram.
It has been revealed that one F1 team only discovered the additional penalties handed out five hours after the Austrian Grand Prix when their flight had landed.
The recent controversy over rider penalties was among the topics put to guest Jeremy McWilliams on this week’s Crash.net MotoGP podcast with Keith Huewen.
Helio Castroneves has had his penalty for causing an accident at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis reduced, while new Detroit infractions have been announced.
Championship leader Jolyon Palmer has been excluded from the results of Friday afternoon's qualifying session over a fuel irregularity with his DAMS car.
At the end of the Korean Grand Prix, a number of race stewards' investigations were launched into some of the events that took place, with Charles Pic and Jules Bianchi earning grid penalties.
None of the eight drivers suspected of using DRS under yellow flags at the 2013 Chinese GP will be penalised - but Red Bull is fined for unsafe release.
Lewis Hamilton might have been aggrieved by the penalties he received in Monaco, but Sir Jackie Stewart contends that the McLaren-Mercedes star arguably got off lightly - and that he needs to learn to control his tongue...
Luca Badoer was caught speeding in the Valencia pit-lane four times on Friday during the opening two free practice sessions for the 2009 European Grand Prix, it has been revealed - as the Italian proved to be quicker in the pits than out on the track.
Lewis Hamilton's disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel's ten-place grid demotion in Malaysia and the uncertainty surrounding the results of the first two races of 2009 as a result of the contentious diffuser issue have cast a cloud over the start to the new Formula 1 s
Bernie Ecclestone has warned that issuing penalties in Formula 1 races on a regular basis risks leading to drivers 'losing the confidence to try to fight' and spoiling the sport.
Fernando Alonso may 'belong' in a Ferrari or McLaren-Mercedes, but 'mentality-wise he is not the complete package' in Formula 1 - that is the view of British former grand prix star Derek Warwick.
In the wake of the controversial Formula 1 penalties meted out in the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway last weekend, in-car footage has been released of the incidents regarding Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and S?bastien Bourdais.