The affair has been concluded since Lorenzo accepted the excuses finally formulated by his executioner Iannone. What it is about is the clash between the Yamaha riders and the Ducati rider during the last Catalan Grand Prix. An incident which will cause the Italian to start last on the starting grid for the next meeting at Assen. A sanction accepted and justified, but not for the reasons we believe.
Because in view of the images, we have the impression that Jo the Maniac has lost all common sense by pounced on his prey Por Fuera until cutting him in two at the turn rope. Excessive speed? No sire, but a failure to respect the safety distance. Without laughing, what we saw, in fact, was a banal traffic accident.
This is what we end up thinking about when referring to the explanations of Mike Webb, who is the official race director of the Grands Prix: “ The first thing Iannone told me was confirmed by the telemetry data. He never braked later than in previous laps. Jorge was very slow and he couldn't avoid it. I then looked at the measurements of the other bike and it appeared that its braking point was normal to those of the previous passages. Iannone told the truth and Jorge didn't do anything unusual ". But then what evil force caused these two moving bodies to collide?
We don’t know, but the track code is the same as the highway code: “ it was Iannone's responsibility to avoid the driver in front of him. He therefore takes the penalty ". Amicable observation made, all that remains is to sign it. That said, the Spaniard at Yamaha regretted a sanction that was too light. Mike webb, on this point, reframes: “ we now have a system that graduates the sanction. With each repeated mistake, the punishment becomes more severe. Iannone admitted his mistake, he apologized and since it was not the first time, he was punished more harshly. And we believe that starting from the back of the starting grid is something appropriate ».
« Jorge thinks it's not enough, Andrea thinks it's too hard. We stand in the middle and maintain the balance between severity, passive and intention ". We will recall that after his Argentinian blunder against his teammate Dovizioso, Iannone had been penalized three places on the starting grid for the following Grand Prix in Austin.
