Indian MotoGP: Aleix Espargaro: “My reaction was not good, I apologised to my team”

Aleix Espargaro says his furious reaction to being sent out too early during qualifying for the Indian MotoGP ‘was not good’.
Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia MotoGP Buddh 2023
Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia MotoGP Buddh 2023

Espargaro was let out of the factory Aprilia garage before the session was underway which🀅 resulted in him being stuck at the end of pit lane.

The double race winner at Catalunya returned to his garage after being pushed back by some Moto3 mechanics, before shouting and hitting hi🦩s spare bikeꦗ.

What was a huge show of frustration for Espargaro, who then went on to qualify in tenth, was then followed by a DNF in the sprint after crashing out at the🐈 final corner.

Speaking after the race, Espargaro told MotoGP.com: "Some days it’s just better to stay in bed and not go out. Today was one of those days.🀅 

"I struggled a lot in qualifying when trying to do a fast lap and෴ tenth place on the grid is a really bad result. 

"In the sprint I w🐭as blocked in turn one by the Marini and Bez crash. Then I was completely wide when trying to recover positions. 

"Today the race was not good and I was not really fa🃏st on the bike and then crashed. We will try tomorrow."

When asked specifically about the misco🌳mmunication with his team at the start o༒f qualifying, Espargaro was angered as he felt his engine and tyres were suffering.

Espargaro came under criticism 🦄on social media for his outburst, but said ‘I don’t care’ abo🌜ut the response to his actions.

"We made a big misꦚtake on the communication side and it’s quite dangerous for the engine, tyres, but anyway, my reaction was not good," began Espargaro.&n🍰bsp;

"I apologised to my mechanics, to my guys because it was not a good reaction. Butꦕ sometimes it is like this when you have a lot of tension. 

"I don’t care [about social media reaction]. It’s my team, my family and obviously I make mist🦂akes whe🌃n there is a lot of tension but we talk and it’s good to be open."

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