Aleix Espargaro’s first words on Franco Morbidelli incident at Qatar MotoGP: “Bad reaction, sanction is too much…”

The Aprilia rider ended Saturday at the Qatar MotoGP with a fr𝕴actured fib🌺ula due to a collision with Miguel Oliveira, and €10,000 out of pocket for slapping Morbidelli on the helmet.
Morbidelli insisted that the💞 FIM Stewards’ decision to fine Espargaro, and hit 💝him with a six-place grid penalty for Sunday’s race (if he is passed fit to compete) is not enough.
Espargaro disagreed.
He sai🙈d via social media, according to : “A bad dayဣ, here I am with my leg up.
“The truth is that it has been a day to forget.
“First with the incident with Morbidelli, ♒in which I obviously had a v🅰ery bad reaction.
“He was walking around the track, I al𒁃most crashed twice for going in th🍸e middle of the track.
“The🐼n he wouldn't let me get back on the track and I lost my temper, obviously, with a totally excessive reaction.
“And that's why I received a sanction. From my point of view it is too 🌳much, but I accept it because the image is not good.”
ꦉMorbidelli angrily accused Espargaro of “disrespect”.

Espargaro addr📖essed the clash with Oliveira in the sprint race which resulted in both riders emerging with injuries.
“In the race I had a very good pace,” he said.
“We had a good weekend, 𒆙but starting from behind there can always be troubl🅘e.
“Oliveira hit me veꦡry, very hard in Turn 6 and I went flying.
“I have had a fissure in the head of my fibula tha♛t﷽ now hurts a lot.
“These are things that can happen.
“This year Miguel has been thrown quit🌳e a few times, but today he threw me.
“He has apologised to me. He also has damage.
“The♏ situation in general makes me feel bad and it's a shame.
“I will try to sleep today and try tomorrow, but it will be difficult because it hur♈ts a lot, but tomorrow we will see howಌ I wake up.”

Ja❀mes was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to♚ football, to F1.