Enea Bastianini’s manager Carlo Pernat says MotoGP riders could refuse Sprint races unless stand-off over bonus payments is solved
The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2023 MotoGP calendar will feature a Sprint race at every round but the riders are claiming tܫhey should be paid extra for these.
Sprint༺ races on Saturday afternoons will be half-distances and half the points are awarded but there is discontent in the paddock.
"After three races the riders will fre🌳ak out,” said Carlo Pernat, who repr༒esents Bastianini.
“For now there is no race bonus in the contracts and if they don🉐't give them to us I don't think we race.
"We have already agreed with Albert Valera [168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleix Espargaro and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin’s manager] and with Giovanni Balestra [168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales’ manager]. “They are half points, we want half a bonus. With the sponsors we have already included in the contract also the bonuses 🌊for the Sprint races.”
Blame is being passed around the paddock, Bastianini’s man🦹ager claims, over this row.
“It's a fight between Dorna, the teams and the riders,” he sa𓆉id.
“I asked Ducati for money and they told me 'go to Dorna', Dorna replied 'go tไo th🀅e team, it's their business'.
“The drivers will do the first two races because they are obliged, if they ꧋do not give bonuses then a mess will break out. This is an imposition that you cannot make.”
Bastianini, and his rivals on the grid, will also be force🅰d with a change of routine and mind-set to accommodate Sprint races.
"He has to change his mentality because he is someone who is strong in the last fiv♈e laps and here it𝐆 is eight laps,” Bastianini’s manager said.
“In the first laps he struggles more, he 🦹has to reset his head. There ♚will be a problem with the riders."
MotoGP Sprint races explained
- They will feature at all 21 rounds on every Saturday afternoon
- They will not replace the Q1 and Q2 qualifying sessions
- Sprint races are half the usual distance, with half the points awarded
- Sprint races will not count as ‘race wins’ in MotoGP history books
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