Jake Dixon rival Alonso Lopez blasted: “Wild riding from someone with a bad reputation”
There were three incidents between Lopez and Dixon at the Buddh Circuit, culminating in the Spaniard clattering into the Brit and sending him 𒆙into the gravel.
Dixon rejoined 🌼but retired early, and saw title rival Pedro Acosta win the race.
Dixon revealed that Lopez chose not to apologi💞se: “No, I’ve not seen him. My room was next door to him so he had every opporꦿtunity.”
Dixon avoided any urge to criticise his rival, like he did with Darryn Binder earlier this season: “You live and learn from situatio🉐ns. I learned from the last situation when something like this happened, how to move on and grow as a person.”
But Neil Hodgson was left fuming by Lopez’s move, telling TNT Sports: “It was really poor, wild ridi𓂃ng from someone with a bad reputation in this paddock for doing silly moves.
“H﷽e gets a mꦏediocre start. He’s on the inside, he’s got one plan and that’s to brake after everyone else.
“He’s going so fast that he misses the corner completely. Thankfully he doesn’t take anyone dow🌜✤n.
“It’s a wild move. Hopefully he 🦹learned from that.
“There’s aꦓ restart. You think maybe he won’t be as rash!
“His plan is to brake after everybody else. He almost wipes Jak💝e out.
“If Jake had been wiped out there, in front of the whole pack? Well෴, I don’t even want to think.
“It was a violent move.
“The issue then? Jake is behind him, passes him, goes wide. So there’ౠs room to pass, you know where Jake is.
“Lopez is so aggressive and rides 🌳through Jake. Knocks him flying.
“I𓆉t’s not the first time. In Mugello he 💧did it to Sam Lowes, knocked him flying.”
James was a sports jou🃏rnalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sport🎉s, to football, to F1.
