Pedro Acosta was stripped of third place in the COTA Sprint after being found to have run tyre pressures below permitted limits, receiving the standard eight second post race penalty and dropping to eighth. The result promoted Tech3 KTM teammate Enea Bastianini to a surprise podium, his best result since Catalunya last year. Joan Mir crashed from fourth on the very final lap, making Bastianini’s promotion even more dramatic.
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