And two! At least officially, because there is doubt about the fall of Pecco Bagnaia at Misano-2... What is it about? Damage caused by a simple visor protection torn off and thrown into the wind before it fell back onto the track. A real trap if we judge by the misadventure of Jack Miller at Misano-2 who had to stop his Ducati which had just swallowed the accessory which had ended up blocking the radiator of the GP20... Bad luck? To see, because Celestino Vietti experienced the same thing during his Teruel Moto3 Grand Prix…
One visor protection can hide another… Some very unusual things definitely happen during this Grand Prix season. Winners in spades, an undecided championship, 15 drivers who have already been on the podium and unique reasons for retirement. Including that of a screen protector lying on the track swallowed by the motorcycle which then suffocates...
Jack Miller experienced this with his Ducati and a visor identified as that of fabio quartararo which was then auction for a good cause. An interesting epilogue which will undoubtedly not be that of Celestine Vietti since the object could not be assigned to a pilot. However, the pilot VR46 of Moto3 was successful in his misfortune. Indeed, if its KTM lost power, it did not go out, allowing its servant to join the arrival of the Teruel Grand Prix in fifth place...
“Giving up was not an option”
The detachable visor lying on the Motorland Aragon track during the race blocked the radiator of his VR46-KTM, ruining all chances of Drive for the battle for victory and the podium. “ After a good start and a really difficult race, Celestino had the misfortune in the last laps to see the water temperature of his machine increases dramatically and therefore lost performance ", Explain Paul Grandson, head of the VR46 team. The team confirmed in a statement: “ there was a detachable visor stuck ».
Drive, starting from 3rd place and still fifth at the end, bears the unfortunate loss of points philosophically. He knows that the problem could also have led to abandonment: “ I'm happy with fifth place. The bike was well prepared and we were competitive. I had problems in the last laps, but we know the reason. Giving up wasn't an option ».
In the general classification of Moto3 2020, Drive is now third, 20 points behind the leader in the standings Albert Arenas, who drives for the Aspar team. Drive is only one point awayAi Ogura (Team Asia), However, the Leopard driver James Masia, who won the two Aragon races, came back to four points…
Moto3 championship ranking after Aragon-2 (11/14):
