Overview
- On lap one at Turn 2, Jack Miller and Fermin Aldeguer made heavy contact that damaged Aldeguer’s aero and briefly knocked his left arm off the handlebar, though he stayed upright.
- The stewards ordered Miller to drop three positions, he did not comply, and the sanction was upgraded to a long-lap penalty that he elected to serve.
- Miller finished 12th and directly behind Aldeguer after completing the long lap.
- Miller denounced the decision as inconsistent and pointed to recent incidents at Portimão and to smoking‑bike rulings involving Pecco Bagnaia and his own Austria penalty, saying he will raise the issue with chief steward Simon Crafar.
- In a separate incident, Joan Mir crashed with teammate Luca Marini during the sprint and was later assigned a long‑lap penalty for Sunday’s race.