Aleix Espargaro: “I don't understand what the Steward panel is doing”

“This is a very dangerous announౠcement. I still can't believe it, really!”

Jorge Martin, Enea Bastianini, 2024 Emilia Romagna MotoGP
Jorge Martin, Enea Bastianini, 2024 Emilia Romagna MotoGP

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro “can’t believe” the FIM Stewards elected not to investigate the last lap clash between Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini, which decided victory in the Emilia Romagna MotoGP.

Although both riders remained upright, the contact꧃ resulted in race and title leader Martin running off trac🥀k and Bastianini also briefly crossing into the run-off.

The factory Duca✱ti rider rejoined to win by five seconds over Martin, who made his displღeasure at the move clear. 

But to the surprise of many, the Stewards did not investigate the incident, which w🦹ould also have resulted in an offici😼al explanation for a penalty/no penalty decision.

“I don't understand. I'm very disappointed. I don't understand what the Steward panel is doing,” said Espar🅠garo.

“I have really noꦛ words, because one rider touched the other one, and both riders went out of the tra♓ck, and they didn't even put under investigation. So it [makes] no sense.

“Apart from the action, I'm a little bit worried, because the message they are sending to all of th𒁃e riders is that you can do whatever you want,” Espargaro added.

“You can touch [anotജher] ride꧋r, you can go out of the track, and this is a very dangerous announcement.

“I still can't believe it, really!”

Espargaro, a good friend of Martin who will hand his Aprilia to the currꦡent Pramac rider for 2025, insisted the difficulty of overtaking with a modern MotoGP bike was not the issue.

“Doesn't matter. The bikes are difficult to overtake, yes. But also in the past [with any bike] you can tou🌸ch another rider and go out of the tꦉrack.

“You can do it now and♎ you can do it 20 years ago.

“Yes, it's ha🌄rd to overtake. But if you touch another rider and both go 🦹out of track, it's not about the bikes.”

Simon Crafar will replace Freddie Spencer as chai꧂rman of the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel at the end of this season.

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