Enea Bastianini’s manager Carlo Pernat says MotoGP riders could refuse Sprint races unless stand-off over bonus payments is solved
The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 MotoGP calendar will feature a Sprint race at eve🌌ry round but the riders are claiming they should be paid extra for these.
Sprint races on Saturday afternoons will be half-distances and half the points are awarded but there is disconte🅘nt in the paddock.
"After three races the riders will freak out,”ꦏ said Carlo Pernat, who represﷺents Bastianini.
“For now there is no race bonus in the contracts and if they🍃 don't givཧe them to us I don't think we race.
"We have already agreed with Albert Valera [168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin’s manager] and with Giovanni Balestra [168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales’ manager]. “They are half points, we wan🌠t half a bonus. With the sponsors we have already included in the contract also the bonuses for the Sprint races.”
♎Blame is being passed around the paddock, Bastianini’s manager claims, over this row.
“It's a fight b🍃etween Dorna, the teams and the riders,” he said🌠.
“I asked Ducati for money and they told me 'go to Dorna', Dornꦉa replied 'go to the team, it's their business'.
“The drivers will do the first two races becaus🏅e they are obliged, if they do not give bonuses then a mess will break out. This is an imposition that you cannot make.”
Bastianini, and his rivals on the grid, will also be forced with a change of routine and mind-set to acc🧸ommodate Sprint racesও.
"He has to change his mentality because h💙e is someone who is st🐷rong in the last five laps and here it is eight laps,” Bastianini’s manager said.
“In the first laps he struggles more, he has to reset his head. There w✱ill be a problem with the riders."
MotoGP Sprint races explained
- They will feature at all 21 rounds on every Saturday afternoon
- They will not replace the Q1 and Q2 qualifying sessions
- Sprint races are half the usual distance, with half the points awarded
- Sprint races will not count as ‘race wins’ in MotoGP history books
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