Title rivals pinpoint the moment they knew Australian MotoGP sprint race was too dangerous
The sprint race at the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island was cancelled due to bad weather on Sundꦐay, after the schedule had༒ already been amended to allow the grand prix to take place 24 hours earlier than usual.
The Moto2 race did go ahead on Sunday amid worsening conditions before it was red flagged. But a crash by Viet♏ti - a VR46 Academy graduate - was noticed by his friends in the premier class.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia said about cancelling the MotoGP spꦡrint: “For me, it’s the correct decision. But it’s always bad when we cancel a race.
“The situation was positive or negative, we could’ve gained points or🌃 lost points.
“I was slow in the warm-up but we fixed it in the ꦍrace. I was ready to fight for the top positioꩲns and maybe win the race.
“I’m happy for this decision becaus🃏e the conditions were very dangerous.
“In a moment, du🌠ring t♚he Moto2 race, it changed a lot. Corner 1 was very dangerous.
“I saw the Celestino Vietti crash, like Miguel Oliveira’s in 2019, pu🃏shed out by the wind. This was very c✨ritical.”
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin said: “It was the correct choice, for sure.
“I felt good in the warm-up and I felt confident that, if we did ෴the race, I could go fast.
“It was dangerous and i🐻t was the correct decisi﷽on for all of us.
“There wasꦐ wind at Corner 2, the conditions were on the limit, then the wind increased.”
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marco Bezzecchi added: “Unfortunately we 𒉰couldn’t race but the decision was the right one.
“In Moto2♋ we saw many crashes, Vietti’s because of the wind. Fortunately he is 🌼okay, he explained the crash to me, it was a very big hit.
“I’m not happy to not race🌄. But to look on the positive side for me, physically it is an advanta💮ge.”
Brad Binder said: “You feel los𝓰t because you wake up with the intention to♊ race.
“Eve🥀rything builds up to 𝔍that moment then, when I walked out of my office, I saw ‘race cancelled’.
“Phillip Island, on a good day, doesn’t have much room for error. In the rain with a ton of wind is always going to be 🐻too sketchy.
“Thro🤪ugh Turn 3 🦩and 4 you feel the wind. All you need is it to catch you, and you could be in trouble.”
Johann Zarco, winner🎀 of Saturday’s fꩵull-length race, said: “Strange feeling. I was getting into concentration.
“I wanted the confirmation of the vi♐ctory from yesterday.
“The wind is coming 🎉u𒊎p, stronger and stronger, and it’s hard to ride the bike. It was dangerous.
“It✱ was an opportunity to get a podium but also to lose somethওing with my opponent.”
James was a sports journa🐻list at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
