Aleix Espargaró in his debrief was confronted with the event that took place on Saturday between the Spanish rider and Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Franco Morbidelli, which resulted in a penalty of six grid positions lost.
– ‘ I apologize and I’m ashamed of my actions, obviously I accept responsibility and blame, my idea wasn’t to overtake him, but just to let him go. For me, it’s not fair to draw conclusions from the last five seconds of what happened. Franco has been on the circuit for a year without any respect for anyone, in the last race he went at his teammate and didn’t get a penalty, then with Marc he called him a dog, and finally he went at me three times when I was trying to get back on track and he wouldn’t let me, three times. Anyway, I reacted badly and I shouldn’t have done what I did, but I don’t think it’s fair to judge the last five seconds of what happened. The worst thing for me was that at the end of it all he came to speak badly about my family and my children, I’m very angry.
The Aprilia Racing rider came into this weekend with high expectations and wanted to achieve a positive result. Unfortunately, during the Qatar GP, Aleix Espargaró had a racing incident with Miguel Oliveira in the Sprint that left him physically limited and he ended up withdrawing from Sunday’s race.