Jake Dixon rival Alonso Lopez blasted: “Wild riding from someone with a bad reputation”
There were three incidents between Lopez and Dixon at the Buddh Circuit, culminating in the Spaniard clattering into the Brit and sending him♔ into the gravel.
Dixon rejoined but retired early, and saw title rival Pedro Acosta win the raꦡce.
Dixon revealed that Lopez chose not to apologise: “No, I’ve not seen him. My roo🐽m was next door to him so he had every opportunity.”
Dixon avoided any urge to criticise his rival, like he did with Darryn Binder earlier this season: “You live and learn from situations. I learned from the last situation when something likeꦛ this happened, how to move on and grow as a person.”
Butꦡ Neil Hodgson was left fuming by Lopez’s move, telling TNT Sports: “It was really poor, wild riding from someone with a bad reputation in this paddock for doing silly 🌼moves.
“He gets a mediocre start. He’s on the inside, he’s goꦐt one plan and that’s to bౠrake after everyone else.
“He’s going so fast that he 🌊misses the corner completely. Thankfully he doesn’t take anyone down.
“It’s a wild move. H☂opefully he learned from that.
“There’s a restart. You think mayb𓆉e he 🦩won’t be as rash!
“His plan is to brake after everybody else. He almost w🤪ipes Jake out.
“If Jake had been wiped out th💯ere, in front of the whole pack🥂? Well, I don’t even want to think.
“It was a violent move.
“The issue then? Jake is behind him, passes him, goes wide. ♈So there’s room to pass,💜 you know where Jake is.
“Lopez is so aggressive and rides through Jake. Knoc﷽ks him flyi🐷ng.
“It’s not the first time. In Mugello he did it♓ to Sam Lowes, knock📖ed him flying.”
James was a ☂sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decad🍃e covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
