Pernat: Rossi crashed out of fear

Monday, 03 October 2011 12:29 by Ernesto Emmi

Carlo Pernat noticed several things during the Japanese Grand Prix, and of course he wasn't afraid to share them with us.

"It was a GP characterized by four different episodes - the Italian manager explained - The first was Stoner being done in by a tankslapper. He did a good job to save it, however, and you can see that it's clearly his year: aside from being good, he has also had some luck."

"The second point regards Lorenzo: Jorge never gives up, and this should be noted."

"The third interesting thing was the gap from Dovizioso and Simoncelli to the race leaders: just 24 seconds despite ride-through penalties.  Without the penalty I think both could have been on the podium.  I'm convinced of it." 

"The fourth episode was Valentino's crash.  My opinion is that Rossi is a little bit afraid with this bike.  If he were on the Yamaha in that situation, he wouldn't have crashed and instead would have made the pass. It's a marriage that has started poorly, and let's hope it doesn't end worse."

Below is the Italian audio interview: