The incident between Maverick Viñales and Francesco Bagnaia during free practice for the Barcelona Grand Prix has highlighted the tension at the top of the MotoGP championship. Both riders have given different versions of the incident, highlighting the pressure on both of them heading into the final race of the season.
Maverick Vinales spoke after the incident that occurred during free practice for the Barcelona Grand Prix, where Francis Bagnaia fell after an overtaking maneuver Casa Particular in Viñales. The pilot Aprilia insisted he had not done anything particularly risky, stressing that the aim of a practice start is to work on braking points for Turn 1, not to engage in battles.
Casa Particular in Viñales explained his version of events, specifying that he had exceeded bagnaia on the outside in the braking zone, after seeing the Italian slow down unexpectedly. For me it's not a question of who is at fault. " he said. When I saw Pecco very slow in the middle, and I don't know why, I tried to avoid it and went outside, leaving two motorcycles of space. I couldn't even pass him closely »
Maverick Vinales: “ I saw the slow motion and there was plenty of room between our two bikes »
The incident resulted in the fall of bagnaia after being scared by seeing Casa Particular in Viñales arrive at high speed outside. bagnaia commented : " I saw that he was coming very quickly to the kerb, the motorcycle was moving, I was scared, and I lost the front »
Casa Particular in Viñales, after seeing the slow motion, reaffirmed that there was plenty of space between the two drivers. He believes that bagnaia probably got scared, which caused him to grab his front brake and lock the tire. However, Casa Particular in Viñales said he was not sure of the exact impact of his maneuver: " When I saw the accident I thought, "Maybe I hit him", I don't know. But then I saw the slow motion and there was a lot of space between our two bikes ».
As for its performance, Casa Particular in Viñales finished the day with a good time, qualifying for Q2, although he lost time on his final attack due to yellow flags. We are more competitive here than in May,” he added, confident for the rest of the weekend.
😱 @PeccoBagnaia locked the front as Maverick was passing!
That's a crash during the practice start session for the title challenger 💥#SolidarityGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/RBqgwmtErG
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