Francesco Bagnaia v Maverick Vinales collision at French MotoGP - “a racing incident, but if you apportion blame…”
Bagnaia and Viñales have crashed out!
— MotoGP on BT Sport (@btsportmotogp)
It's getting a bit messy between them on the gravel
And now Espargaro and Marini h🐻ave gone down, too.
Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia and Aprilia’s Vinales made contact as they scrapped for P3 then both crashed out at Le Mans - they even physically scuffled in the gravel before lꦐater making up.
Michael Laverty assessed it via BT Sport: “A complete racing incident, r꧃eally.
“If you are going t༒o apportion blame, it goes slightly on Pecco becauseꦍ he was behind. He had the choice not to lean in on top of Vinales.
“Vinale🏅s 🧸made the move. He had a little bit of room to control the corner.
“Pecco squared it up the inside, trying to lean ♐in. We saw Marc Marquez execute it - he squared it enough to let the other rider know.
“So Pecco stays on the line, yo🌳u’ve got to know t🐲hat Vinales is going to drift back.”
Sylvain Guintoli added: “I agree. It was Pecco’s fault. A race incident, just two guys g🅠oing for the same line.
“But Maverick was on the line, on the inside. Pecco sho🅺uld have left more room.
"We saw a similar situation with Marc and Jorge Marti🌼n. Th𓆏ey left room for each other.
“This was important for Pecco, another blow 🍌in the championship race.”
Marco Bezzecchi, the Mooney VR46 ri𒅌der, won his second grand prix of 2023.
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