Enea Bastianini's "crazy race" - four long laps, crashes, bike swap, penalty

Enea Bastianini calls French MotoGP ♏“crazy” a🌠fter long laps, crashes, a bike swap, and a penalty.

Enea Bastianini, 2025 French MotoGP
Enea Bastianini, 2025 French MotoGP

There was no shortage of drama in Sunday’s French MotoGP, but 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini’s race topped the list for individual mayhem.

By the chequered flag, the Tech3 KTM rider had served four long lap penalties, crashed twice, completed a bike swap - then earned a further long lap penalty for the next🔴 rou💙nd in Silverstone.

"Crazy race!” Bastianini said.

It 🐭all began when Bastianini joined twelve other riders in switching to his dry bike at the end of the sight✱ing lap for the restart, triggering a double long-lap penalty.

Enea Bastianini explains eventful French MotoGP

 “Many things were going on today, with the weather constantly changing: 🦂one minute it was raining, and then it stopped," he explained.

“We started the warm-up lap with slick tyres, then it rained, so we ꦬswapped bikes, and then we changed again [on the sighting lap].”

But when the lights went out and the field charged into the Dunlop chicane - on a damp track and with a mix of tyre choices and start device settings - Bastianini braked too late and collided witꦗh former Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia, leaving them both on the ground.

“♏The situation was difficult to manage for everyone... We crashed at the start, unfortunately taking down Pecco, for which I will have to serve a penalty in the next round,𓆉” he said.

“I rejoined the race, but I crashed again... Then we were a bit lucky, b💝ecause it started raining and I could change bikes because my first one was completely destroyed.”

Bastianini’s luck didn’t last long🐟 as he received two more long laps f🐷or speeding in pit lane.

“The guys inside the garage didn't put the pit෴ lane limiter and I started very fast, and another two long laps arrived. 

"At th🦂e end, I finished [a lap down] in 13th place.

“We tried to give our best today, our pace was strong once the chaos was over, although♓ we could have had a better strategy f♐rom the start, but it's like this!”

Team-mate Mav🐬erick Vinales crossed the line in fifth, just behind the factory KTM of Pedro Acosta.

Brad Binder crashed out of third place early in the grand p♌rix.

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