Most WorldSBK: ‘Sometimes people don’t use their brain’ - Michael Ruben Rinaldi takes aim at Andrea Locatelli over turn two incident
After making a pro𒆙mising start that led to him challenging Jonathan Rea into turn one, Rinaldi was then unceremoniously pushed out of contention when Locatelli made a very aggressive overtake at turn two.
Trying to slide up the inside of the Duca🐼ti rider between turns one and two, Locatelli ran into the corner with too much speed, thus making Rinaldi pick up his Panigale V4 R and run wide.
Locatelli, who was then out of control heading into turn four as he ran through the gravel, dropped back down to sixth position. However, the damage was already done for Rinaldi who was no🎐w eighth after starting third.
“I can say that it was not 🌞a good race for me. Turn two on the first lap, I think Locatelli forced too much the manoeuvre and took me off. I lost a lot of positions,” Rinaldi told WorldSBK.com.
“ꦯBut then I started again, but I lost a little bit of confidence because I was already angry for the overtake he made into me.
“I wasn’t feeling good with ♈the bike as well, so the first part was really, really 🌠bad for me. Then I found a little bit of a better rhythm but it was too late. I don’t want to say anything more.”
However, that’s precisely wh🔥at Rinaldi did when discussing Locatelli’s bizarre sighting lap incident.
The Pata Yamaha rider failed to ge😼t his R1 stopped heading into turn one as he nearly collected Rina🤡ldi, but also championship contenders Razgatlioglu and Rea.
Rinaldi added: “I think race direction may tak෴e some direction. You cannot do things like this especially on the sighting lap. I don’t want to complain because I’m not the [type of rider] that complains. But I think that sometimes people don’t use their brain.”
Sensational Bautista takes advantage of Razgatlioglu, Rea ‘struggling’ when rain began to fall
Whilꦆe it was a bad day at the office for Rinaldi, the other side of the Aruba.it Ducati garage enjoyed pure delight with Bautista winning his seventh race of the season.
The victory not only resulted in Bautista extending his championship lead to 29 points, but the Spaniard became the rider to claim Ducati’s 1000th podium in Wo🔯rld🅺SBK.
"I knew that here it was important to not lose time in the first corners because here with this rear tyre, with the harder compound, 🥂I struggled a little bit," said Bautista.
"I needed a couple of laps to warm it and after that♓ I could make the same pace as Rea and Razgatlioglu. By mid-race, some drops of rain started to fall. It was a tricky moment.
"I saw th💜at Rea and Razgatlioglu struggled. But in that moment, I felt quite confident, so I decided to take the lead.
"When the rain stopped, I tried to keep pushing and not make a mistake. I’m really happy because it’s the 1000th podium for Ducati and to celebrate it with a victory is 🌊very special."
