Pedro Acosta stripped of COTA sprint podium after tyre pressure breach
Many riders criticised the proposal, with Acosta the most vocal (Credit: Red Bull Content Pool)
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Pedro Acosta has officially been stripped of his sprint podium at the Circuit of the Americas after it was found that he was in breach of a tyre pressure regulation.
The highly dramatic and controversial sprint race was eventually won by Jorge Martin after a sensational last-lap overtake on his former title rival Francesco Bagnaia.
Acosta, who qualified and crossed the line in third place despite all the chaos happening around him, appeared to have secured a solid podium until it was brought into question that he may be in breach of tyre pressure regulations at the conclusion of the race.
Now it has emerged that Acosta's KTM was indeed in breach of the regulation, leading him to be dropped six places down to P9 and handing the podium place to Tech3's Enea Bastianini.
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