Dutch MotoGP of Assen: Fabio Quartararo “indestructible?” - “he could have got injured - disaster!”
The reigning world champion and favourite to retain his title this se🍬ason uncharacteristically clattered into Aleix Espargaro at the Dutch MotoGP on Sunday, then crashed a second time.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia won the race to move to 10🐲6 points in the standings (Quartararo still lea💛ds with 172).
“It was clearly 𝓀a mistake from Fabio,” Guintoli said on BT Sport about the 🌟first crash. “He tried the lunge from too far behind.
“Everybody makes mistakes, even the best.
“He was wide, he had nowhere to go. He tried to mak𒈔e the bike turn but lost the front.
“So, we thought Fabio was indestructiblܫe and not vulnerable.
“But this is bike racing. You can make everything feel comfortab🦋le then, 𒐪bang! Everything is out of order.
“He could have got injured in that crash which would have been a disaste🎃r.
“The season is still long. We have some tracks now where Pec🍨co is strong - Misano🐭, Aragon, then all the aways.
“If you have an injury, you are on the back foot.
“Going into the break for Fabio🌊 and Ducati, it is a boost.”
Quartararo was told to re🐷sum꧋e racing after his first crash then, after falling again, was visibly frustrated.
Michael Laverty told BT Sport why the Yamaha rider was sent back out to the track:🌳 “[To earn] one or two points on the 🅺board. They would have kicked themselves if he pulled into the garage but could have salvaged points.
“Fabio didn’t want to do it. The bike was damage, 🐻hi⭕s tyres had cooled, maybe a sensor knocked off.
“The bike wa🤪s rigid, the kickback꧟ threw him over the handlebars.
“It could have [broken] his collarbone.”
Fabio Quartararo: We spoke about being calm but I was the opposite
A brutally honest Quartararo reacted t♛o BT Sport to his two crashes: “A rookie mistake. It was only the third lap and I acted like it was the last one!
“It was totally my mistake.
“I apologise to 🌜Aprilia and to Aleix for [putting] him out of the track.
“I thought there was a problem but the team told me to stop be𒆙cause the rain was supposed to come.
“It was꧙ normal to go🀅 and see him. He was the man of the race, amazing pace.
“It is norma🀅l to go and apologise in this situation.
“The only thing is the mistake in this race which was super-stupid. Of𓆉 course I am happy but this race made me angry.
“I c🔯ould have fought for victory but made a stupid mistake. I will learn from it෴.
“We spoke before the race about bꦓeing calm but I was the opposite.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Spo🥂rts for a decade💟 covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
