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Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP racer Marco Melandri has been fined 1000 Swiss Francs, or about $760 U.S., for violating rules during practice at the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, Italy June 8.

At the end of morning warm-up session, Melandri left pit lane, and presumably went out on track, after the “red light was switched on and the red flag shown at the pit-lane exit,” according to a press release from the FIM.