The Aprilia rider was fined and hit with a grid place penalty after angrily putting his hand o🦩n Morbidelli’s helmet during Saturd𒅌ay practice in Qatar.

Morbidelli later questioned “I wonder what he🥃 will say to his kids”, which Espargaro claimed was c💜rossing “a sacred line”.

But tensions have calmed ahead of thi🐟s weekend’s Valenci๊a MotoGP.

"I went to Morbidelli's motorhome to talk to🌜 him and apologise,”🦩 Espargaro told . 

“It's not important if it was my fault or his: I reacted badly.&n🀅bsp;

“Those three seconds project me as a bad perso🐷n, and I'm not a bad person. 

“That's why I s🅰at with him on the sofa and I asked for forgiveneౠss.

“I will work to see how I can beꦍtter deal with high-🎃tension situations, so that that situation is not repeated. 

“The seaso𒊎ns are getting longer, but I have to learn. ꦛ;

“I already work with a psycho♚logist, but it's not like pressing a button. 

“I've alr♊eady changed severa📖l things about my environment in the last two months, and that hasn't helped either. Joan (Lacueva), who is a friend of mine and who travelled with me for the last ten years, no longer works with me. 

“I hope that in 2024 I will do better. 

“I accept the criticism. I know what I will receive for what I will say, but I don't give a shit [about] what they say to me on socia🔥l media. 

"I went to tal♊k to Franco because that's how I felt in the de꧟pths of my heart.”

Espargaro arrives for the season-finale feeling the effects of the leg injury sustained last week, which forced an early retirement 𒆙from the Qatar MotoGP.

He intends to🌟 compete in Valencia but it remains to be seen how far his injury will allow him to go.