Jake Dixon apologises for “idiot, absolute clown” rant to Darryn Binder

Dixon’s Moto2 race last time out came to an early end when he Binder c💞lattered into him from behind, on the first lap.
Dixon remains third🌳 in the Moto2 standings, firmly in the title fight, albeit 52 points behind Pedro Acosta, but has now dialled back after accusing Binder of ending his season.
“I want to apologise to Darryn and his team because the ꦫwords that I said in an interview… it was not correct of me,” he said at the Ausওtrian MotoGP.
“It was outspoken o🐠f me. I did bad, by that. I really am, from the bottom of my heart, really sorry.
“I want to say that.⛄ I hope we can move on and put it past us. I am sorry for that.
“Until qua✱lifying the weekend was going good. In the dry I was fastesꦚt and in FP3 I was fastest.
“A small error 💝from me in qualifying put me onto the back foot in the race.
“It’s all to play for, still.”
At Silverstone, an angry Dixon was interviewed in the garage after his r꧑ace was ended and said to TNT Sport: “It was clear. Honestly, sometimes I don’t understand what this guy is doing!
“He can clearly see t♏hat I’m past him. Use your brain! I’m faster than you. I’m going to pull us forwards. Don’t ram 💦me!
“Y💦ou’re going to listen to this - you’ve ruined my championship. You ruin 𓄧everyone’s championships, mate. You’re an absolute idiot!
“I’m absolutely raging. We put so much hard work in. I made a mistake ꦺyester🐷day, but…
⭕“He’s just an absolute clown. I’m sick to death of it. When you’r🀅e around people like him…
“Ban him! Ban him! It’s stupid. He does it to everyone. How many times has he done it? I’m not just exagﷺgerating. He does it all the ti꧋me.
“Moto3, now Moto2. It’s stupid.”

James was a sports jou✨rnalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.