MotoGP, Vinales: "The crash? Bezzecchi was wrong, but the decision is not mine"

"In my opinion he did not evaluate the braking point well. It's too bad because I had a good pace and I could fight for the podium with Bastianini. My right hand hurts and now I'll have to get it checked."

Submitted by Chiara Rainis on Sat, 19/10/2024 - 09:46

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Maverick Vinales' Australian Sprint Race came to a halt on lap 12 when the Aprilia Spaniard, battling with Bezzecchi for the top 5, was the victim of a spectacular, yet dangerous pileup at over 300 km/h. Started from the third pitch and unable to keep up with the Ducatistas, he thus saw exhausted a chance to do well that will have to be postponed to the GP in case of absence of fractures.

"In that corner when you overtake you have to try to leave the other rider a few meters because otherwise if he wants to try again he takes advantage of the slipstream. In my opinion he wanted to pass me from the inside. It's possible that he got the braking point wrong. We confronted each other at the end and he explained his point of view. As I said in my opinion there were mistakes on his part and I communicated this to the marshals. Now it will be up to them to decide," he said.

In the violence of the slide there was one aspect that, fortunately prevented worse consequences. "Fortunately, the escape route is very wide and I got to the gravel that the bike had decelerated a lot," Maverick's consideration. The pains, however, are there. "My right hand hurts and I think it will be worse in two, three hours. Now I'm going to go for tests to check the situation better because I can see it's getting black. In any case if they told me to get back on the bike now I would."

There is a lot of regret because finally the RS-GP24 was back to giving good feeling. "The pace was there and I was recovering well. This weekend I was always able to take the bike to the limit and I was happy. The only problem is that they overtake me on braking. One from the inside and the other from the outside, that's how I lost two positions on Binder and Bastianini. Too bad, because without the episode I could have got the better of Enea and maybe finished second. Tomorrow? We have potential, tire degradation remains an unknown. Today I mounted the soft behind and I must admit that compared to expectations I liked it a lot, so I think I will keep it," he concluded.

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