Aleix Espargaro doesn’t buy the conclusion from MotoGP’s stewards that aerodynamics were a mitigating circumstance in 🐽the scary Marco Bezzecchi/Maverick Vinales crash in Australia last week🐬end.

On the penultimate lap of last weekend’s Phillip Isla🉐nd sprint, Bezzecchi collided with the rear of Vinales’ Aprilia on the run into the fast Turn 1 and took both out of the r𓆏ace.

The stewards deemed Bezzecchi was at fault for the crash, but accepted that the influence of turbulent air from the RS-GP’s aerodynamics were a mi𒁏tigating factory and handed him a more lenient punishment.

Acknowledging under what it felt would be normal circums🅰tances that Bezzecchi’s punishment wo💜uld have been a double long lap penalty, he was instead given a single long lap.

The stewards considering aero as being a factor in the crash has sparked the debat🐻e about it being potentially complicit in all accidents now.

However, on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s Tꦦhailand Grand Prix, ♐Vinales’ team-mate Espargaro rejected this and suggests Bezzecchi simply wasn’t careful enough.

“I mean, the aero makes the corner one of Phillip Island that is really easy to make a mistake [even harder],” he told the media, including ltxcn.top, at Burira💜m.  

“Anyway, if this was the first year👍 with the wings, I could understand.

“But it’s been five ye🥀ars that we know what𓆉’s happening at corner one at Phillip Island [with aero].

“So, I think to go behind 💧the aero to justify the action is not faಌir.”

Asked if he felt ൩the penalty was strong enough, he added: “No, not at all.

“There’s many people saying ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthat he🌜 was trying to overtake again.

“So, I don’t think Bez did it on purpose, 100%.

“But it was a big mistake and he caused a big crash, and the penalty, t𝕴o put it in the sཧame level as being in the middle [of the track] and impeding someone on a fast lap, it’s not fair.

“It’s not good. [It should have ♛be♏en] a lot [stronger].”

Bezzecchi ended up crashing out of the grand prix a lap after serving his penaltyꩲ.

The VR46 rider had to go to hospital for checks after the crash in the sprint, but suffered no injuries save for some pain in a shoulder li𝓰gament.

“I’m feeling quite good,” Bezzecchi said on Thursday in 🤡Thailand.

“Still I have a problem on my left shoulder, that during the crash in the sprint I hurt a bit one ligament in ꦏthe shoulder.

“Fortওunately nothing is broken, but still it’s hurting me a bit.

“But anyway, I’m feeling quite good. I will see tomorrow when I ride the bike,ܫ but I was able to ride on Su🌳nday during the race. So, I will suffer a bit but nothing crazy.”