In an incident-packed Indonesian MotoGP, the incident between Luca Marini and Raul Fernandez was maybe not among the many important flashpoints, however that doesn’t imply the 2 riders concerned didn’t have their opinions.
Fernandez and Marini had been each bottled up behind Pedro Acosta within the opening half of the 27-lap race.
Marini tried twice to move Acosta – whom he praised afterwards for his defensive using – however failed on each events, which prompted Fernandez to strive a move on the Italian at flip 16.
Nevertheless, the 2 then touched when Marini tried to shut the door on Fernandez at flip 17. Fernandez dropped to fifth, Marini to eighth, though Marini got here again to fifth in the long run whereas Fernandez took sixth.
“Possibly one of many keys through the race was once I touched with Luca [Marini],” Raul Fernandez stated after the Indonesian MotoGP.
“I overtook in flip 16 and I used to be super-clean to overhaul him, I ended the bike effectively; when he noticed me he tried to shut extra the road, and in that second he made one thing that perhaps for me just isn’t super-intelligent.
“It’s one thing that you are able to do however for me it’s not an clever transfer that he made, as a result of within the second that he noticed that I used to be in the identical place with him, he modified the road to attempt to put the bike inside.
“In that second – so sorry, however I don’t have the bike able to make the final nook and I touched with him – I make my nook as regular, perhaps the historical past is slightly bit totally different.
“We don’t know, we simply know that we have now data for tomorrow and we strive once more.
“After all, I believe we deserve greater than what we get in the present day, however we have now 4 extra alternatives to attempt to go once more.”
Marini: “It’s a pity”
Marini, when requested himself in regards to the incident with Fernandez, argued that, in actual fact, it was the Trackhouse Aprilia rider who had been “not clever” as a result of the incident between them value each riders a podium.
“I believe simply that Raul [Fernandez] was not clever as a result of me and him, other than Bez [Marco Bezzecchi] and Fermin [Aldeguer], we had the very best tempo of everyone and we may be simply on the rostrum – each collectively – and it might be a improbable consequence for Honda, for Aprilia, for his group additionally, for all the blokes,” Luca Marini stated.
“It’s a pity, additionally, for all of the those who work actually onerous, that don’t ‘cheers’, don’t have a celebration tonight, for this journey.
“I believe he noticed that I used to be making an attempt to overhaul Pedro each lap in two or three locations, and it was only a matter of time.
“So, simply it was not a improbable transfer from Raul.
“I closed my line as a result of I knew it, that he was there, so I needed to be in entrance to strive once more on Pedro as a result of I used to be very quick and it was only a matter of laps that I accomplished my overtake on Pedro.
“It’s only a pity for all the blokes which can be working for us, for me and for Aprilia additionally.”
Marini was advised of Fernandez’s displeasure on the incident.
“He’s sad, okay, however he utterly pushed me out,” the Honda HRC rider responded.
“I don’t know what he needs that one other rider does through the race. Simply let him previous? I don’t know.
“It’s slightly bit unusual that he’s offended as a result of he misplaced only a place, I misplaced 5. So I’m the one that’s offended for this.”
