Italian Enea Bastianini won the Aragon Grand Prix (Spain) on Sunday. Francesco Bagnaia, Second, Talonne Fabio Quartararo in the general classification.
by (with AFP)
Dirty day for Fabio Quartararo. Sixth on the starting grid, the Yamaha pilot hoped to win positions on Sunday September 18 during the Aragon Grand Prix de MotoGP. But his race will only have lasted a few turns: from the first round of the race, the Frenchman struck the Spanish driver Marc Marquez and was screened on the ground.
ohhh! Huge fall of Fabio Quartararo, which remains on the side of the track.
Before Nakagami fell. The 2 pils… https://t.co/3rkrvm1eic
Forced to give up, just like marking a little later, Quartararo left the field for his opponents. The Italian Enea Bastianini took the opportunity to prevail, doubling his compatriot Francesco Bagnaia, who left in the pole, in the last round. The Spaniard Aleix Espargaro took the last place in the podium.
A few minutes after the end of the race, Fabio Quartararo was seen leaving the mobile clinic, visibly well recovered from his violent fall. The reigning world champion had already been able to get up alone after having resumed his minds for a few moments on the edge of the circuit. The other Frenchman, Johann Zarco, also experienced a difficult weekend, ending at 8 e place on his ducati (Pramac).
more than 10 points D ‘advance for Quartararo
“It’s okay. I hurt my leg and chest a little on the fall, but it’s okay, confided Fabio Quartararo after the race at the microphone of Canal+. It’s a shame because we had the rhythm to Beat here. But we turn the page and we focus on the rest. We have to stay focused. We no longer have a joker, we will have to give the maximum. “
His most dangerous rival, the Italian Francesco Bagnaia (2 e in Aragon) has seen his beautiful series of victories stop at four consecutive races. But the Ducati driver is satisfied with his weekend, aware of having done an excellent operation in the ranking. “I did not want to take too many risks in the last turns to win. I have to stay calm. Now you have to think more about the championship, it was important to pocket points today.”
He returns to 10 units in the leading world championship ranking Fabio Quartararo (a victory is worth 25 points), while there are still five races to play this season. The next will take place in Japan Sunday, September 25.
enea Bastianini wins in front of Francesco Bagnaia for a few hundredths 🔝
The Gresini driver took the lead in… https://t.co/iaipykmvkvu