Two-times MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner has blamed downforce aerodynamics for a huge cra𒉰sh at last weekend’s Australian MotoGP r♐ace.

The incident in question occurred in Saturd♑ay’s MotoGP Sprint, when Maverick Vinales passed Marco Bezzecchi on the run into turn one.

Vinales edged towards the outside of the track after passing Bezzecchi to take a better line through the first corner, but Bezzecchi then ran into the back of the Aprilia rider under braking and 🍷both riders fell.

“This is the result of aero,” Stoner commented on an Instagram post from the official MotoG🔜P account. “The wake caused by them at thatᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ speed is too much.”

Stoner made his opinions on downforce aerodynamics clear also earlier this year when he appeared on the Ducati Diaries podcast with Neil Hodgson. The two-times MotoGP World Champion explained that the aerodynamics, in combination with ride height devices and electronics, work to reduce the quality of racing in MotoGP by in🍸creasing grip and therefore reducing the chance for riders to make mistakes.

Bezzecchi was awarded a long lap penalty for his role in th▨e incident. One lap after serving it in Sunday’s Grand Prix at turn four, Bezzecchi crashed at the same corner before remounting and finishing 19th.

The r🌄eport from the FIM MotoGP Stewards’ panel on the incident noted the effect of the aerodynamics and “turbulent air” on the incident.

It said: “The S🦩tewards have considered the effects of turbulent air caused by the pass of #12 [Vinales], and accept that this disturbance may in this situation offer a degree of mitigation, whereby #72 [Bezzecchi] rolled off throttle and reapplied throttle and braked later.”