Argentina: 'Nasty, but no problem' - Vinales on Morbidelli collision
A bittersweet final lap for Yamaha at the Argentina MotoGP saw Valentino Rossi snatch ꦚsecond position from Andrea Dovizioso, but the celebrations were muted when Franco Morbidelli ran into the back of Maverick Vinales with just a few corners to go.
The pair had been locked in a three-way fight for sixth with Ducati's Danilꦗo Petrucci when Morbidelli's Petronas machine clipped the Monster M1 ahead.
"I was fighting for sixth posi🦩tion when I reached Viñales. I didn't want to try a pass, but I couldn't brake pr✱operly due to the double slipstream,"said Morbidelli.
A bittersweet final lap for Yamaha at the Argentina MotoGP saw Valentino Rossi snatch second position from Andrea Dovizioso, but the celebrations 🍸were muted when Franco Morbidelli ran into the back of Maverick Vinales with just a few corners to go.
The pair had been locked in a three-way fight for sixth with Duc꧟🐻ati's Danilo Petrucci when Morbidelli's Petronas machine clipped the Monster M1 ahead.
"I was fighting for sixth position when I reached Viñales. I did꧒n't want to try a pass, but I couldn't brake properly due to the double slipstream,"said Morbidelli.
"Maybe it was this - combined wit𒁏h his attempt to cut in to pass Petrucci - that led us both to go 🙈down. It was a shame for both of us, but fortunately we are both okay."
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The rider touched 𒉰the back wheel of the factory man and both ended up in the gravel at Turn 7 of Termas
Morbidelli was initially slow to get up after the incident, prompting Vinales to graciously check on the rider thಞat had just ru𓆉ined his race.
"It was nasty, b꧋ut I think it was a racing incident," Vinales said.
"I saw ൲the replay. It was the last lap and we all tried to be at our best, so it's just one mistake, and it is what it is. Maybe at the next race I will make the same𝐆 mistake, it's something you can explain, it's not a problem.
"Fran𒉰co looked quite bad when I went to stand up so we're lucky we're both OK."
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi c🔯ome and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
