Fabio di Giannantonio: “Dangerous” move by Alex Marquez, “destroyed my race”
Fabio di Giannantonio’s Qatar MotoGP podium pace undone by contact, penalty and a scary incident with fallen champ🅺ion Jorge𒈔 Martin.
An “eventful” Qatar MotoGP saw 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio di Giannantonio sent spearing off-track after contact from Alex Marquez, receive a penalty for a clash with Joan Mir and clip 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin when the world champion fell in front of him.
The VR46 Ducati riderꦺ got off to a flying start and immediately began mixing it with the front group.
But things unravelled when 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez made contact in an aggressive attemp📖t to retake third, sending Diggia spearing off-track and down to 21st. Marquez was later handed a long lap penalty for irresponsible riding.
“An eventful race. My start was really good, I was there fighting for the top💎, because today I had the pace to make a podium,” said the VR46 rider.
“Then a strange manoeuvre by Alex. A dangerous ma𒅌noeuvre by Alex.
“It’s a pity because I think that a mistake like this is not great in our level of riders in this championsh♓ip. It’s a bit on the limit, especially for the penalty that we receive in case of [making] these mistakes.
“I think that we have to work for 💎the future this because at the end, the rider that's completely destroyed my race finished in 7th [6th after a penalty for Maverick Vinales] and I lost any chance of doing a good race.”
Di Giannantonio’s comeback was briefly halted again when he was penalised for contact with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Joan Mir and told to surrender a position.
A much bigger scare followed when Martin, whose lap times wer🍌e dropping off as he entered uncharted second-half race territory on his return from injury, crashed just in front of Diggia on the exit 𝄹of Turn 12.
The Italian had no chance to avoid Martin as he slꦗid down the track and rode the rest of t♉he grand prix worrying about the Spaniard’s condition. Martin was subsequently diagnosed with eleven fractures to his ribs.
“We had the potential to make a podium, if you look at 𝔍my pace, it was amazing. But most of all, I'm so happy that Jorge Martin seems [relatively] OK,” he said.
“This is the most important thinꩲg because I kno🔯w how dangerous this sport is. He knows. Everybody knows. And to have him OK today is a great thing.”
While di Giannantonio eventually finished out of the points in 16th, team-mate Franco Morbidelli was promoted to a podium by a post-race p🎉enalty for Maverick Vinales.
Peter has been in the pad🐈dock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
