Enea Bastianini's "crazy race" - four long laps, crashes, bike swap, penalty

Enea Bastianini cꦗalls French MotoGP “crazy” after long laps, crashes, a bike swap, and a penalty.

Enea Bastianini, 2025 French MotoGP
Enea Bastianini, 2025 French MotoGP

There was no shortage of drama in Sunday’s French MotoGP, but 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini’s race topped the list for individual mayhem.

By the chequered flag, the Tech3 KTM rider had served four long lap penalties, crashed twice, completed a bike swap - then earned a further long lap pe🔯nalty for the next round ﷺin Silverstone.

"Crazy race!” Bastianini said.

It all began 🔜when Bastianini joined twelve other riders in switching to his dry bike at the end of the sighting lap for the restart, triggering a double long-lap penalty.

Enea Bastianini explains eventful French MotoGP

 “Many things were going on today, with the weather constantly changing: one minute it was raining, and then ♋it stopped," he explained.

“We started the warm-up lap with slick tyres, then it rained, so we swappe🌸d bikes, and then we changed again [on the s🤡ighting lap].”

But when the lights went out and the field charged int⛦o the Dunlop chicane - on a damp track and with a mix of tyre choices and start device settings - Bastianini braked too late and collided with former Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia, leaving them both on the ground.

“The situation was difficult to man🐬age for everyone... We crashed at the start, unfortunately takin𓄧g down Pecco, for which I will have to serve a penalty in the next round,” he said.

“I rejoined the race, but I crashed again... Then we were a bit lucky, because it started rain🌊ing and I could change bikes because my firs🅠t one was completely destroyed.”

Bastianini’s luck didn’t last long as he𒉰 received two more long laps for speeding in pit lane.

🌠“The guys inside the garage didn't put the pit lane limiter and I started very fast, and another two long laps a🌄rrived. 

"At the end,🌼 I finished [a lap down] in 13th place.

“We tried to give our best today, our pace was strong once the chaos was over🎉, 🥃although we could have had a better strategy from the start, but it's like this!”

Team-m𓄧ate Maverick Vinales crossed the line in fifth, just behind the factory KTM of Pedro Acosta.

Brꩲad Binder crashed out of thꦡird place early in the grand prix.

Read More