Enea Bastianini's "crazy race" - four long laps, crashes, bike swap, penalty

En🐈ea Bastianini calls French MotoGP “crazy” after long laps, crashes, a bike swap, and a penalty.

Enea Bastianini, 2025 French MotoGP
Enea Bastianini, 2025 French MotoGP

There was no shortage of drama in Sunday’s French MotoGP, but 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini’s race topped the list for individual mayhem.

By the chequered flag, the Tech3 KTM rider had served four long lap penalties, crashed twice, completed a bike swap - then earned a f🌟urther long lap penalty for the next round in 𒆙Silverstone.

"Crazy race!” Bastianini said.

It all began when Bastianini joined twelve other riders in switching to his dry bike at the end of t♌he sighting lap for the restart, triggering a double long-lap penalty.

Enea Bastianini explains eventful French MotoGP

&nbs🎐p;“Many things were going on today, with the weather constantly changing: one minute it was raining, and then it stopped," he 🐟explained.

“We started the warm-up lap with slick tyres, then it rained, so we swapped bikes, 🌊and then we changed again [on the sighting lap].”

But when the lights went out and the field charged into the Dunlop chi🍸cane - on a dam෴p track and with a mix of tyre choices and start device settings - Bastianini braked too late and collided with former Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia, leaving them both on the ground.

“The situation was difficult to manage for everyone... We crashed at the star⛄t, unfortunately taking down Pecco, for which I will have to serve a ꧅penalty in the next round,” he said.

“I rejoined the race, but I crashed again... Then we were a bit lucky, because it s𓂃t𒆙arted raining and I could change bikes because my first one was completely destroyed.”

Bastianini’s luck didn’t last long as he received two more long laps for sp✱eeding in p🐼it lane.

“The guys inside the garage didn't put the pit lane limiter and I started very fast, and another two long laps arrived. ൩;

"At💟 the e🌳nd, I finished [a lap down] in 13th place.

“We tried to give our best today, our p🌳ace was strong once the chaos was over, although we could have had a bette🍷r strategy from the start, but it's like this!”

Team-mate M⛄averick Vinales cros🅺sed the line in fifth, just behind the factory KTM of Pedro Acosta.

Brad Bind🥀er crashed out of thir💞d place early in the grand prix.

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