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Pedrosa's penalty was for crossing the white line ("pit exit neutral line") when rejoining the track. That was apparently taken care of by Marquez passing him prior to his eventually getting the black flag.As for the pit stop cock up, Pedrosa stated in his interview that he decided to pit early. Marquez stated that he followed the instructions from his pit signals and Honda have admitted that the timing of his stop was the team's strategy. Honda were trying to use the pit stop window strategically which is nothing less than one would expect of any of the teams. As in F1 the timing of a stop may positively or adversely affect track position. It's no surprise then, that they tried something different within the pit window however mistaken their calculation may have been.
Pedrosa's penalty was for crossing the white line ("pit exit neutral line") when rejoining the track. That was apparently taken care of by Marquez passing him prior to his eventually getting the black flag.
As for the pit stop cock up, Pedrosa stated in his interview that he decided to pit early. Marquez stated that he followed the instructions from his pit signals and Honda have admitted that the timing of his stop was the team's strategy. Honda were trying to use the pit stop window strategically which is nothing less than one would expect of any of the teams. As in F1 the timing of a stop may positively or adversely affect track position. It's no surprise then, that they tried something different within the pit window however mistaken their calculation may have been.