Championship leader Jorge Martin was hit with a three-place grid penalty for Sunday's Dutch MotoGP in Assen.
Martin, who finished second behind defending world champion Francesco Bagnaia in Saturday's sprint 'has been handed a three-place grid penalty for Sunday's race,' race organisers announced.
'The World Championship leader was adjudged to have been riding slowly on the racing line and disturbing Raul Fernandez' in Saturday's second qualifying session, where the starting line-up gets determined.
Martin will 'therefore launch from P5 instead of his P2 qualifying position,' the MotoGP.com website said.
Meanwhile, 'Pecco' Bagnaia will seek to shrink Martin's lead in the championship which has slowly been whittled away.
