Aleix did speak about the incidenꦗt and was clear about what he feels happened.

"Well, it was not very strange. Alex Marquez was in the middle and I had to pic🤪k up my bike to avoid cont෴act with him and then Pol hit me," said the Aprilia rider.

"I was pushing. Actually on this lap I did my recor🔯d in the fꦕirst split. Then in the last corner, Alex was in the middle of the line.

"Maybe I was a bit wide on the brakes because I was risking everything! And when I picked up the bike🦂 to avoid contact, Pol hit me. So, unfortunately, our qualifying was 💯finished.

"My brother hit me super, super hard on the rear of the💖 bike and hit the rear part of my foot and ankle. It's sore. I think nothing is broken. But it’s getting bigger! I’m𝔍 okay.

"But I really don’t understand how one gu൩y in MotoGP in the last corner, where we arrive at 350km/h, can be in that corner in t💎he middle, stopped. It's… anyway."

Repsol Honda rookie Marquꩵez, who took his first MotoGP podium last weekend at Le Mans, said:

"I do💮n't know what happened, I saw on the TV but only really fast. I was trying to get behind Viñales, but th🥂en I saw that Pol and Aleix were coming.

"I said, 'OK,🎃 I don't want to be in the middle', so I went wide, and I think both were going also a little bit wide, or a little bit to♚o late in braking.

"So Aleix cut the gas, and Pol was coming. I think for me it's not 🐽that Aleix put it in the middle on purpose𒁃, so for me, it's not any penalty."

Both Espargaro brothers were called to Race Direction after qualifying, but no penalty has been anno🍬unced by the FIM Stewards.

Aleix qualified 9th, Marquez 11th and Pol 12th.