Race Direction has imposed a 15-place grid penalty on Moto2 rookie Johann Zarco, following a collision with Pol Espargaro in Saturday morning practice at Mugello.
The near 350km/h (217mph) reached by the leading MotoGP riders along the Mugello home straight is more akin to the kind of speeds associated with an aircraft.
Best and worst top speeds for all three classes after Friday free practice (2) for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, which contains the quickest straight on the calendar.
"Bridgestone has decided to supply riders with special construction rear tyres at Mugello as a safeguard against excessively high tyre temperatures" - Hiroshi Yamada.
'We will make up for it [Sachsenring DNF] at Mugello... It was a real shame, because I am sure that I could have been fighting to be the top CRT' - Michele Pirro
'We had a big problem in the beginning of the race with the traction control. I spent the next few laps playing with it, trying to get something more to get it to be smoother' - Colin Edwards
Having signed the deal which will keep on the F1 grid in 2013, Mark Webber opens up about the various negotiations that took place, and why he made the decision he did.
The organisers at Silverstone Circuit were breathing deep sighs of relief after an ultimately successful British Grand Prix, but are also urgently looking at what to do in the future.