Dutch MotoGP of Assen: Fabio Quartararo “indestructible?” - “he could have got injured - disaster!”
The reigning world champion and favourite to retain his title this season uncharacteristically clattered into Aleix Espargaro at the Dutch MotoGP on Sunday, then crasꦿhed a second time.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia won the race to move to 106 points in the standingsꦿ𓆏 (Quartararo still leads with 172).
“It was clearly a mistake from Fabio,” Guintoli said on BT Sport about the first crash. “He tried the꧟ lunge from too far behind.
“Everybody makes mistakes, even the best.
“He was wide, he had nowhere to go. He tried to make the bik𝓡e turn but lost th💧e front.
“So, we thought Fabio was indꩲestructible and not♓ vulnerable.
“But this is bike racing. You can make everything feel comfortable then, ba💞ng! Everything is out of order.
“He cꦕould have got injured in that crash which would have been a disaster.
“The season is still long. We have some 🃏tracks now where Pecco is ꦦstrong - Misano, Aragon, then all the aways.
“If you have an injury, you are on the back foot.
“Going into the break for Fabio and ꧟Ducati, it is a boost.”
Quartararo was told to resume racing after his first ♋crash then, after falling again, was🍬 visibly frustrated.
Michael Laverty told BT Sport why the Yamaha rider was sent back out to the track: “[To earn] one o🎀r two points on the board. They would have kicked themselves if he pulled into the garage but could have salvaged points.
“Fabio didn’t 💫want to do it. The bike was damage, his tyres had cooled, maybe a sensor knocked off.
“The bike was rigid, the kickไback t🐬hrew him over the handlebars.
“It could have [broken] his collarbone.”
Fabio Quartararo: We spoke about being calm but I was the opposite
A brutally honest Quartararo reacted to BT Sportﷺ to his two crashes: “A rookie mistake. It was only the third lap and I acted like it was the last one!
“It was totally my mistake.
“🤪I apologise to Aprilia and to Aleix for [putting] him out of the track.
“I thought there was a problem but the team told 🎶me to stop because the rain was supposed to come.
“It was normal to go and see him.♔ He wa﷽s the man of the race, amazing pace.
“It is꧙ normal to go and apologise in this situat😼ion.
“The only thing is the mistake in this race which wa💯s super-stupid. Of course I am happy but this race made me angry.
“I could have fought for victory but made a stupid mistake. I will♛ leꦺarn from it.
“We spoke before the rac🅘e about being calm but I was the opposite.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a de𒅌cade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
