Britain’s Danny Kent will now have to start from the outside of row three in tomorrow’s Moto3 race after race direction handed him a three-place grid penalty for irresponsible riding.

The series leader had been trying to avoid being followed but as a result was deemed to be dawdling in dangerous areas and was penalised.

He was not alone however, as team-mate Efren Vasquez. Isaac Vinales, Remy Gardner, Manuel Pagliani and Andrea Migno also had their trousers pulled down.