During the Lusail weekend, the most competitive rookie was certainly Marco Bezzecchi, able both in qualifying and in the race to gravitate to mid-table, before the crash that put an end to his race prematurely. And so the best of the rookies, as well as the only one to be able to finish in the points, was Remy Gardner who brought his KTM Tech3 to fifteenth position, ahead of Darryn Binder (Yamaha WithU, +0.012), Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati Gresini, +0.242) and box mate Raul Fernandez (+1.250). Even just the tight gaps between the four make it clear how close the battle has been between the riders struggling with the first race of their MotoGP career.
But Gardner at the end of the race did not seem exactly satisfied with both the result and the action experienced on the track: “Getting a point is undoubtedly nice, but that’s not where I want to be. For the first half of the race I felt pretty good, even though I was struggling to overtake my opponents. I was expecting better top speed and that was a bit of a problem. At one point I was behind Vinales and Dovizioso and I probably could have stayed with them. But between us I had Darryn Binder and I couldn’t get over it, getting stuck in the group“. And it was precisely at the South African of Yamaha WithU that he addressed a harsh controversy: “He’s still riding like he’s in Moto3. He came back without looking, he went everywhere, it was a bit of a disaster. I hope I can meet him and talk to him. These aren’t Moto3 and it’s not like we’re fighting for the win. We are fighting for the last place e no need to drive like monkeys. We need to have greater mutual respect“Gardner explained. Darryn Binder he later replied to the rival: “I saw that on the last lap I was fifteenth and I tried to beat Remy, but he got the better of him. I don’t know exactly what he said and I don’t understand what he is complaining about. We faced each other several times in the race. I went inside, but I didn’t hit him or anything. It’s the races “.
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