Aleix Espargaro’s first words on Franco Morbidelli incident at Qatar MotoGP: “Bad reaction, sanction is too much…”
The Aprilia rider ended Saturday aꦜt the Qatar MotoGP with a fractured fibula due to a collision with Miguel Oliveira, and €10,0ဣ00 out of pocket for slapping Morbidelli on the helmet.
Morbidelli insisted that the FIM Stewards’ decision to fine E𓃲spargaro, and hit him with a six-place grid penalty for Sunday’s race (if he is passed fit to compete) is not enough.
Espargaro disagreed.
He said via ♋social media, according to : “A bad day, here I am with my leg up.&nbs꧋p;
“The truth is that it has been a day to forget.
“Firs📖t with the incident with Morbidelli, in which I obvi⛎ously had a very bad reaction.
“He was walking around the track, I almos🔴t crashed twice for going in the m♏iddle of the track.
“T✤hen he wouldn't let me get back on the track and I lost my temper, obviously, with a totally excessive reaction.
“And ♓that's why I received a sanction. From my point of view it is too much, but I accept it because the image is not good.”
Morbidelli ang♍rily accused Espargaro of “disrespect”.
Espargaro addressed the clash with Oliveira in the spr🌼int race which resulted in both riders emerging with i🉐njuries.
“In the race I had a very good pace,” he said.
“We had a good weekend, but starting fr🍌om behind the🌊re can always be trouble.
“Oliveira hit m💜e very, very hard in Turn 6 and I went flying.
“I have had a fiss🍒ure in th🐼e head of my fibula that now hurts a lot.
“These are things that can happen.
“T👍his year Miguel has been thrown quite a few times, but today he⭕ threw me.
“He has apologised to me. He also has damage.
“The situation in genera🔯l makes m💝e feel bad and it's a shame.
ꦍ“I will try to sleep today and try tomorrow, but it will be difficult because it hurts a lot, but tomorrow we will see how I wake up.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Spor♊ts f💛or a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
