Dutch MotoGP of Assen: Fabio Quartararo “indestructible?” - “he could have got injured - disaster!”
The reigning world champion and favourite to retain his title this season uncharacteristically clattered into Aleix Espargaro at the Dutch MotoGP on Sunday, then crashed a seconᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚd time.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia won the race to move to 106 points 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 t♑he bike turn but lost the front.
“So, we thought Fabi💎o was indestructible and not vulnera♍ble.
“But this is bike racing. 🎃You can make everything feel comfor♌table 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 strong - Misano, Aragon, then all the🥀 aways.
“If you have an injury, you are on the back foot.
“Goi💯ng into the break for Fabio and Ducati, it isᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ a boost.”
Quartararo was told to resume racing after his f💮irst 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. They would have kicked themselves if he pulled into the garage but could have salvaged points.
“Fabio didn’t want t♔o do it. The bike was damage, his tyres had cooled, maybe a sensor knocked off.
“The bike was rigid, the kickback threw him ove🌱r th🌌e 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 toཧ 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 to Aprilia and to Aleix for [puttin�🅠�g] him out of the track.
“I thought t♛here was a problem but the team told me꧋ to stop because the rain was supposed to come.
“It was normal to go and see him. He was the man 🍨of th𝄹e race, amazing pace.
“It is nor𒅌mal to go and apologis๊e in this situation.
“The only thing is the mistake in t🎀his race which was super-stupid. Of course I am happy but this race made me angry.
“I 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 was꧙ the opposite.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports ꦦfor a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
