Movistar Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo believes the current MotoGP penalty system needs to be upgraded as it’s not a big enough deterrent to stop repeat offenders. In the last MotoGP race in Barcelona, Lorenzo was taken out of the Catalunya Grand Prix by Ducati rider Andrea Iannone at Turn 10 and as a penalty, the Italian will start the next race at Assen from the back of the grid. This the second time this year that Iannone has got a grid penalty. The previous time was at the Argentinean Grand Prix on April 3, when he crashed into team-mate Andrea Dovizioso on the last lap of the face. For that transgression, he received a three-place drop at the Americas Grand Prix on April 10. Following...
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