Jake Dixon rival Alonso Lopez blasted: “Wild riding from someone with a bad reputation”
There were three incidents between Lopez and Dixon at the Buddh Circuit, culminating in t꧋he Spaniard clattering into the Brit ♎and sending him into the gravel.
Dixon rejoined but retired early, and saw title rival Pedro Acosꦏta win the race.
Dixon revealed that Lopez chose not to apologise: “No, I’ve not seen him. My room was next door to him so he had ev🧜ery opportunity.”
Dixon avoided any urge to criticise his rival, like he did with Darryn B🌠inder earlier this season: “You live and learn from situations. I learned from the last situation when something like this happened, how to move on and grow as a person.”
But Nei🧸l Hodgson was left fuming by Lopez’s move, telling TNT Sports: “It was really poor, wild riding from someone with a bad reputation in this paddock for doing silly moves.
“He gets a mediocre start. He’s on 𒁏the inside, he’s got one plan and tha✃t’s to brake after everyone else.
“He’s going so fast that he misse✃s the corner completely. Thankful🦋ly he doesn’t take anyone down.
“It’s a wild move. Hopefully he learned⭕ from that.
“There’s a💞 restart. You think maybe he w♊on’t be as rash!
“Hi✤s plan is to brake af𝓀ter everybody else. He almost wipes Jake out.
“If Jake had been wiped🥃 out there, in front of the wh✃ole pack? Well, I don’t even want to think.
“It was a violent move.
“The issue then? Jake is behind him, passes him, go♛es wide. So there’s room to pass, you kn🧸ow where Jake is.
“Lopez is so aggressive and ♓rides through Jake. Knocks him flying.
“It’s not the first time. In Mugello he did it to Sam Lowe꧋s, knocked him flyi🔯ng.”
James was a sports journal🌄ist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ꦏeverything from American sports, to football, to F1.
