Aleix Espargaro reveals Marco Bezzecchi confrontation: “It’s something that makes me angry”
Aprilia rider Espargaro left the Portuguese MotoGP concerned over the quantity of injuries - three riders are unavailable for this weekend’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Argentina MotoGP plus two more are nursing heavy knocks -ღ and he insisted “this is not war”.
Previously, Bezzecchi chose not to name names but said: “There are some riders thaဣt cry in the Safety Commission for so many overtakes. They cry like a baby and then, in the first occasion, they make something that is completely stupid and destroy your race.”
Espargaro and Bezzecchi had come together during the sprint race and the VR46 rider's race ended prematurely,🐓 🌊soon afterwards.
Espargaro, already furious with the💙 aggression shown across the weekend, explained what happened when he spoke to Bezzecchi to thrash out their problems.
“Marco yesterday said that I almost hit everybody in corner 3,” he fumed. “It’s something that makes me angry because I believe that I’m a♚ clean rider.
“I want to keep being the c൲leanest rider on the grid.
“[Sunday] I didn’t want to overtake - I was one second faster than the ride꧙r in front, but I finished behind, because I didn’t see the spot. So I didn’t force it to cause a crash.
“I ⛄want to bꦏe a clean rider - If I can pass then I will pass, if I can’t then I can’t.
“I 𝕴said to Marco: “I didn’t 🐼see you. Did I touch you?’
“He said: ‘No, but you changed the line’.
“I said: ‘Because there is no space in corner 1’.
“You hav𝔉e to talk to people, it’s the best❀ thing to do.”
An irritated Espargaro also reacted with frustration when a camera crew tried to record conversations ꦓhe was having 🏅inside the Aprilia box.
“There are 🐼always cameras! There are times when you want to talk to tꦚhe team and they shouldn’t listen,” he said.
“It’s𝐆 like Big Brother, sometimes! At least some moments, it’s better to keep them private.”
Espargaro’s brother, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pol Espargaro, was the first of multiple riders to be hur𒁃t in Portimao.
He crashed ꧒last Friday, causing jaw and lung issues.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini then broke a shoulder blade after being knocked off his bike during the sprint race by Luca Marini, who escape𒉰d sanctions.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez underwent hand surgery to an injury suffered when he caused a crash which ruined the races, and did physical harm, to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin.
Pol Espargaro, Marquez and Bas𝔍tianini will miss the Argentina MotoGP, whileꦆ Oliveira and Martin are expected to battle on despite their pain.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sp🎶orts, to football, to F1.
