A statement from race direction said Simoncelli "recognised that he had made an error of judgement".
"Race direction told me that he will start from last position on the grid in Sachsenring but this is nothing.
He angered his rivals and twice provoked penalties from Race Direction, but it did little to dampen Marquez's determination - nor the fans' growing admiration of his talent.
Meanwhile, Race Direction official Javier Alonso told motogp.com about the incident: "What needs to be understood is whether this could have been avoided - both the incident between the two riders and the accident itself - because those are the two important aspects.
Speaking of unruly riding styles, we have a new 'yellow card' system in place this year where race direction and stewards can penalise riders for what they see as dangerous riding.
He has also been summoned to further discuss the incident with race direction in Barcelona this weekend, but has already admitted he has been at fault and hopes to avoid causing any more upset.
I am sure the contact from Marquez was inadvertent, but if I was the Yamaha team manager [second-placed Jorge Lorenzo's team] I would be up at race direction saying: "Marc Marquez - who has already bumped into people this season - has run into his team-mate now, causing the wire to come out".
He has twice received sanctions from Race Direction for incidents in Moto2 and this year he received two penalty points in MotoGP for an incident at the British Grand Prix where he failed to slow down for yellow flags during warm up, subsequently crashing and causing a near-miss for marshals attending to Cal Crutchlow.
Meanwhile, other automakers are racing in the direction of higher sales.
It was bound to happen, and certainly premium competitors like Samsung were racing in that direction with equal or greater speed.
