The Aprilia rider was fined and hit with a grid place penalty after 𒅌angrily putting his hand on Morbidelli’s helmet during Saturday practice in Qa🍒tar.

Morbidelli later questioned “I wonder what he wi🍃ll say to his kids”, which Espargaro claimed was crossing “a sacred line”.

But tensions have calmed aheꦑad of this weekend’s ♏Valencia MotoGP.

"I wen🐻t to Morbidelli's ꦦmotorhome to talk to him and apologise,” Espargaro told . 

“It🐲's not important if it was my fault or his: I reacted badly. 

“Those three seconds project me as a bad person, and I'm not a bad person. 🥂;

“That's why I sat with him on the sofa and I a🍒sked for forgiveness.

“I will work to see how I can better deal with high-tension situations, so that that situation is not repeated.&🉐nbsp;

“The seasons are getting lo⭕nger, but I♐ have to learn. 

“I already work with a psychologist, but it's not like pressing a💖 button. 

“I've already changed several things about my environment in the last two months, and that hasn't helped either. Joan (Lacueva), who is a friend of mine and who travelled with me for the last ten years,👍 no longer works with me. 

“I hope that in 2024 I will do better. 

“I accept the crit🥂icism. I k𒈔now what I will receive for what I will say, but I don't give a shit [about] what they say to me on social media. 

"I went to talk to Franco b𝓰ecause that's how I felt in the depths of my heart.”

Espargaro arrives for the season-finale feeling the effe💃cts of the leg injury sustained last week, which forced an early retirement from the Qatar MotoGP.

He intends to compete in Valencia but i🌄t remains to be seen how far his injury will allow him to go.