Dutch MotoGP of Assen: Fabio Quartararo “indestructible?” - “he could have got injured - disaster!”
The reigning world champion and f💛avourite to retain his title this season uncharacteristically clattered into Aleix Espargaro at the Dutch MotoGP on Sunday, then crashed a second time.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia won the race to move to 106✱ poi𓆉nts in the standings (Quartararo still leads with 172).
“It was 💦clearly a mistake from Fabio,” Guintoli said on BT Sport about the first crash. “He tried the lunge from too far behind.
“Everybody makes mistakes, even the best.
“He was wide, he had nowhere to go. He tried to make the bike turn but lost the fro🎃nt.
“So, we thought Fabio was indestructible and not vulnerab🌠le.
“But this is bike racing. You can make everythin♊g feel comfortable then, bang! Everything is out of order.
“He could have got injured i♏n that crash which would have been a disaster.
“The season is still long. We have some tracks now where Pecco is stron🙈g - Misano, Aragon, then aꦑll the aways.
“If you have an injury, you are on the back foot.
“Going into th🌺e break for Fabio and Ducati, it is a boost.”
Quartararo was told to resume racing after his first crash then, after falling again, was visibly frustrated🌼.
Michael Laverty told BT Sport why the Yamaha rider was sent back out to the track: “[To earn] one or two points on the board. Th🍷ey would have kicked themselves if he pulled into the garage but could have salvaged points.
“Fabio did♋n’t want to do it. The bike was damage, his tyres had cooled, may𒀰be a sensor knocked off.
“The bike was rigid, the kickback threw him over the ⛦handlebars.
“It could have [broken] his collarbone.”
Fabio Quartararo: We spoke about being calm but I was the opposite
A brutally honest Quartararo reacted to BT Sport to his two crashes: “A rookie mistake. It was only the third lap and I acted like it was ♔the last one!
“It was totally my mistake.
“I apologise t🔯o Aprilia and to Aleix for [putting] him out of the track.
“I thought there was a problem but the team told me to stop because the rain ꧂𒈔was supposed to come.
“It was normal to go and see him. He ꦛwas the man of the race, amazing pace.
“It is normal to go ﷽and apologise in this situation.
“The only thing is the mistake in this race which was super-stupid. Of course I am happy but this race made me angr🐻y.
“I𝔉 could have fought for victory but made a stupid mistake. I will learn from it.
“We spoke before the race about being calm but I was 💛the op꧑posite.”
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