‘An important thing happened and more than 50% of the MotoGP grid was not there’
ཧBut less than half of the 24-strong premier-class grid was present to hear how the chain of events unfolded or the action Race Dir🐲ection will now be taking to avoid a repeat in the future.
“They were very, very sorry. They accepted they made a mistake,” said Aprilia’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro.
“They fully accept, everybody on the board, fro♔m Race Direction 🐼to everybody in Dorna, that it was more than two laps [to move Navarro], completely unacceptable, so hopefully we can learn from this.”
Howev♑er, the MotoGP riders present were more confused by the ‘strange’ low turnout and the message it send🌜s.
“Very strange. We were just 6-7 riders,” Espargaro confirmed. “I don't really understand why. It was a very important moment to be tog▨ether.
ꦬ“It's ♑not about blame, it’s about trying to be constructive, to try to help them as much as possible to make this championship better.
“They give us the chance to go to the Safety Commission, 💦but if you [the absent riders]𝓡 don't go, you cannot then blame anybody in the press. It's not fair.”
2020 world champion Joan Mir was also surprised by the lack of interest from fellow riders in heꦏari🐠ng the causes of the decision to cover Navarra’s accident with yellow instead of red flags.
“Aboܫut that [Navarro red flag] situation, they explained to us that they made a mistake, so that's good,” Mir said.
“But in the Safety Commission, I think we were less than half of the grid in MotoGP, so that is probably not the way to do⭕ it.
“We pushed to nﷺot allow these types of [red flag] mistakes, but probably we needed a bit more help, bec🐲ause it's something that we can't allow.
“The important thing is that they understood that they didn😼't make the right choice. We will try to avoid this happening again.”
Suzuki team-mate Alex Rins was likewise caught off guard by the poor at♌tendan𒆙ce.
“I went to the Safety Commission. The Race Director explained why he did not s💯how the r🍌ed flag. Mostly I still don’t agree, but what was more strange was that there were just 6-7 riders,” Rins said.
“I mean, I was waiting for more people [to arrive]𓆉. An important thing happened⛄ and unfortunately more than 50% of the grid was not there.”
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Navarro is continuing his recovery after undergoing surgery for a fractured femur, sustained when he fell and was then hit by Sim𓂃one Corsi during the Phillip Island Moto2 race.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen✃ Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
