It's the little story in the big story of an Austrian Grand Prix which has had its twists and turns! Both on the track and behind the scenes. It was last weekend and yet, we are still talking about it with, in particular, this memory of Cal Crutchlow on a subject that is sensitive to him: that of departures. In Argentina, he was sanctioned for an early flight which he experienced as an injustice. At the Red Bull Ring, he is convinced that he saw Jack Miller move on the starting grid before the lights went out, which greatly disturbed him…
Attention denunciation! Or slanderous denunciation? Because the fact reported was not retained by the race direction. What ? Cal Crutchlow Explain : " I got off to a bad start ". But there is a cause for this: “ I am positive, Jack Miller stole the start next to me. I was focused on the lights, and he started to leave. I realized this so I didn't move. But when it was time to leave, I released the clutch too quickly and the bike reared up. I found myself fifteenth ».
He specifies : " I don't know if he started moving forward before stopping, but he reared up as high as me afterwards. I don't know how he didn't get a penalty, so maybe he stopped ". We know the rest: the two men did not see the finish. Jack Miller fell while aiming for the podium while Cal Crutchlow was the collateral victim of the panic of the peloton discovering the KTM of Pol Espargaro suddenly refusing any service…
It will be remembered that in 2020, any false start will be punished by two "long lapses" and no longer by the obligation to return to the pit lane...
