There is still a month to go until the red lights go out, but the British Grand Prix has already begun. The main character is Fabio Quartararo that after zero in Assen – for which he assumed full responsibility, defining his maneuver as a “rookie mistake”- he also had to collect a penalty for the next Silverstone race. In fact, the leader of the World Championship will have to pay a long lap penalty for the contact in which he also involved Aleix Espargarò’s Aprilia. A decision, the one taken by the race marshals in the Netherlands, which sparked controversy. Yesterday from Yamaha Maio Meregalli thundered against the “little consistency”Of those who judge the behavior of the drivers on the track.
The debate was triggered by the comparison with other similar episodes seen this season, from the Bagnaia-Martin accident in Qatar to the ‘strike’ of Nakagami in Spain, all judged as race accidents. El Diablo took a day to reflect on what happened, then chose to expose his version of events on Instagram. The centaur from Nice attacked the commissioners head-on, already in the crosshairs of many drivers precisely for their questionable decisions taken in this first half of the championship. The Frenchman underlined how sanctions of this type end up inhibiting any driver from attempting any overtaking maneuver and once again stressed the lack of congruity of the judgments expressed by the judges.
“Well, a long lap for the next race – wrote Quartararo – now you can’t try to overtake because they think you’re too ambitious. Since the beginning of the season the drivers have made some ‘race accidents’ but apparently mine was too dangerous. Congratulations to the stewards on the fantastic job you are doing. Next time I won’t try any overtaking to think about not taking a penalty. Have a good holiday and see you in Silverstone“. A polite but extremely hard outburst, which testifies to how much the race marshals problem is afflicting this particular era of MotoGP.
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– Fabio Quartararo (@ FabioQ20) June 27, 2022
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