Thailand MotoGP: Aleix Espargaro explains being “angry with other riders” in heated debate over conditions
Espargaro was animated in conversation with Dorna representatives during the delayed st👍art to the race, caused by rain and standing water.
He insists that he was not advocating the race was cancelled, but was 💫instead frustrated that other riders were not sharing their thoughts about the dangerous conditions.
“I was angry with the other riders,” he said.
“I said: ‘The track is perfect, we can race, but please clean [Turn 3 and 4] because there is no visibility𓄧! A lot of rivers crossing the track. You have to improve🐲 that part, please!’
“It’s not that I didn’t want to race.
“Fabio said to me: ‘There is no visibility!’ I said ✱to him: ‘Go and tell them!’
“You cannot stay sitting on the bike then, if there is a crash, blame everybo🎃dy.
“There is a Safety Commission🦹. I raised it on the grid. It’s good thaꦫt we can give information to them and they can improve the track. They tried their best.”
Espargaro: "Fabio still the man to beat"
Espargaro finished 11th but has closed the gap in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP 2022 standings to 20 points ꦐbehind leader Quartararo, who sc🌞ored no points in Buriram.
“🦄This is the second-best thing of today,” Espargaro said. “The ꦕfirst is that I will go home to my family.
“Next is Aust🧸ralia and Malaysia which is good♔ for us.
“Fabio is still the man to beat.”
He said about receiꦜving a long lap penalty after colliding with Brad Binder: “On the straight I was parallel to🍌 him. We braked together and he released the rbake from outside. I couldn’t avoid it. We touched each other.
“But with thಞe visibility and the wet? With how difficult it is to o🥃vertake?
🔯“Franco Morbidelli hit me twice on the l🌞ast laps. He was looking for a contract for next year!
“It was incredible. I didn’t understand. He got no long lap penalty. This is 💧okay, it’s racing.
“I saw other overtaking on the limit. It’s diffi🐭cult.
“I do not understand [my long lap penalty].”
James was a sports journalist at Sky🤡 Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
