yellow flags

Francesco Bagnaia and Maverick Vinales lose pole position laps at Portimao due to yellow flag and track limit infringements, dropping them to the fourth row of the MotoGP grid.

MotoGP is to join F1 in having trackside Light Panels - used to display crucial safety information such yellow or red flags, plus the arrival of rain - at all its circuits from 2022.

MotoGP's clampdown on riders improving their lap time while passing yellow flags caused further controversy in qualifying at Aragon last weekend.

Though he may have broken down in tears after being unceremoniously removed from fourth position in the Monaco Grand Prix by reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen, it now appears that even if he had finished the race there, Adrian Sutil would not have scored any points anyway.