Jake Dixon rival Alonso Lopez blasted: “Wild riding from someone with a bad reputation”
There were three incidents between Lopez and Dixon at t൲he Buddh Circuit, culminating in the Spaniard clattering into the Brit and sending him into the 💦gravel.
Dixon rejoined but retired early, and saw title rival Pedro Acosta win thꦫe race.
Dixon revealed that Lopez chos𓆉e not to apologise: “No, I’ve not seen him. My room was next door to him so he had every opportunity.”
Dixon avoided any urge to criticise his rival, like he did with Darryn Binder earlier this season: “You live and learn from situations. I learned from the last situation when something like this happened♓, how to move on and grow as a person.”
But Neil Hodgson was left fuming by Lopez’s move, telling TNT Sports: “It was really poor, wild riding from someone with a bad reputation in🌄 this paddock for doing silly moves.
“He gets a mediocre start. He’s on🙈 the inside, heও’s got one plan and that’s to brake after everyone else.
“He’s going so fast that he misses the corner completely. Thankfully he doesn’t take anyone do🙈wn.
“It’s a wild move. Hope♕fully he learned from that.
“There’🍸s a restart. You think maybe he won’t be as ra♚sh!
“Hi𝄹s plan is to brake after everybody else. He almost wipes Jake 🥃out.
“If Jake had been wiped outꦏ there, in front of the whole pack? Well, I don’t even want to think.
“It was a violent move.
“The issue then? Jake is behind him🔴, passes hꦰim, goes wide. So there’s room to pass, you know where Jake is.
“Lopez is so aggressive ꦏand rides through Jake. Knocks him flying.
“It’s not the first time. In Mugello♋ he did it to Sam Lowes, knocked him flying.”
🍷James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
