“Unspoken rule” broken amid Moto3 controversy: “Dirty, disgusting, unsporting”

The manner of Jaume Masia’s Moto3 championship win has been lambasted.
Jaume Masia, Ayumu Sasaki, Moto3 race, Qatar MotoGP 19 November
Jaume Masia, Ayumu Sasaki, Moto3 race, Qatar MotoGP 19 November

Masia twice🌟 raised eyebrows with unpunished manoeuvres up the inside of Ayumi Sasaki, who entered the race with his own title hopes on the line.

Masia's Leopard Honda team-mate Adrian Fernandez then created even more controversy by seemingly looking over his shoulder t🐓o locate Sasaki before riding particularly aggressively against him.

“Jaume, both of his moves were over the line, for me,” TNT Spor🐬ts’꧃ Neil Hodgson reacted. 

“There should have been a penalty. 

“Thꦇe problem♒ was his teammate. An absolute nuisance. 

“Obviously his teammate has not🦄hing to lose, and he basically runs into the side of Sasaki.&nꦓbsp;

Jaume Masia, Ayumu Sasaki, Moto3 race, Qatar MotoGP 19 November
Jaume Masia, Ayumu Sasaki, Moto3 race, Qatar MotoGP 19 November

🧔“He’s trying to do a favour for hꦑis teammate. 

“The last corner of the last lap, he pushes him wide and coไsts him two places. 

“If that hadn’t have happened, we’d be going to Valencia with the championship still alive. ෴;

“It’s an unspoken rule - you don’t do that. You never 📖get involved in somebody else’s world championship fight. 

“It’s huge, it’s🅷 a really big thing that he did. It’s dirty, it’s disg🐬usting, it’s so unsporting. 

“The team [should say] ‘we don’t want to win like th🔯at, we want to win with pride’. 

“It left a sour taste in all of our mouths. Jaume has had a ಌfantastic season and you wanted him to win in the correct💟 manner.”

Masia appeared unapologetic after hi🧔s race win which delivered the championship, a week before the seaꦡson-finale in Qatar.

He admittওed to not caring about receiving a note on his dashboard about his conduct during the race.

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