Espargaro was hit with a €10,000 fine and a six-place grid penalty for slapping Morbidelli’s ๊helmet on Saturday in Qatar.

Morbidelli accuꦕsed Espargaro of “disrespect” then said “I wonder what he will say to his kids”.

Espargaro raged to : “What really bothered me a lot is that, in his statement🏅s💜, he included my family and my children. 

“There he crossed a very sacred line for me.”

The Apr🎉ilia rider i꧒njured an ankle in Saturday’s sprint race and ended a nightmare day with his leg in plaster.

He battled through the first few laps of the Qatar MotoGP, serving his grid penalty, before retiring🐼 early then reopening the debate over slapping Morbidelli.

Having apologi🧸sed on social media, but also claiming the punishment was too harsh, Espargaro said: “No, no, my version does not change. 

“Obviously, I was♊ wrong, my exit was absolutely disastrous. 

“I can give you my word that I never wan🌳ꦜted to hit him in the helmet, I wanted to push him away. 

“If you only see the final part, I deserve that sanction, I'm not goin𒐪g to argue with it, it's very u🐠gly. 

“And I already know that I'm going to eat a lot of hate now, becauseꦗ what I did is very ugly, I admit it. 

“But it's a bit unfaiꦅr because Franco has been walking around the circu🍌its for a year and a half, each race bothers one or the other. 

“I almost fell twice because he was walking, and when I trie🌳d to enter again he acted like a bully, not letting me enter. 

“And I lost my nerve there. 

“Last week he called Marc like a🅰 dog with his hand..♐. 

“Yes, I was very wrong with my reaction, I feel ver👍y bad for myself, for my team, for my family, but it's not worth it, I think, to just look at the last part.”

Espargaro wrote on soc🎃ial media: “Obviously I'm still embarrassed by my behaviour, so I acknowledge my guilt and accept the punishment. 

“Despite losing reason r𝔉eacting like this, I think it is unfair that I was judg🍷ed only for the last 5 seconds, he was walking on the track, blocked me on three turns, I almost fell, and after all did not let me enter the track. 

“Every GP hinders on♊e or the other and at the end with the tension it's hard to manage reactions.

“But worst of all, i🐈n his statements he put my family 🌳in the middle... 

“To me, he deserves zero respect. 

“I repeat, once again I APOLOGIZE and accept the consequences, bu﷽t I wanted to give my point of view and put everything into context because I think it's not fair that I'm the ♑only one to blame.”

The injury to Espargaro’s ankle could threaten his participation in next weeken🍎d’s season-finale in Va🐈lencia and the postseason test.