It was an angry Pol Espargaró, all red, who got off his orange KTM at the end of this Friday day at Silverstone, which marked the start of the British Grand Prix. It must be said that he was the collateral victim of the revision of the officials' judgment regarding the exit from curve 6 which is the subject of debate. Some drivers saw their times rehabilitated which pushed the Spaniard out of the top 10. But the latter also said he was a direct victim of Sylvain Guintoli who will hear about the country...
Indeed, Pol Espargaro assured that he was going to talk about this incident with the Frenchman, replacing Joan mir convalescent at Suzuki, to the Safety Commission: “ I'm going to talk to the Safety Commission about it. » growled the 27-year-old pilot. “ The morning of FP1, I had problems with the rear-medium tire " said I will espargaro. “ I felt it might be a little tedious with this mixture. In the afternoon we started with the hard rear tire which worked much better. It had good grip, good stability. And he did some good series of laps. But when I got the soft tire, Guintoli got in the way, I had to cut the throttle, otherwise my time would probably have been enough for the top 5 ».
« I would have had a very low time of 2'00-min and even 1'59,9 min. But Guintoli was suddenly in the middle of the track before the finish line, a fast place. He looked back, but he still stayed on my path » regrets the teammate Johann zarco. " I have little sympathy for such behavior. These test drivers are not used to racing with us on the track. They lack speed. But MotoGP law states that you cannot wander onto the racing line. Such behavior is very dangerous for us. This is why I will raise the subject at the Safety Commission ».
« I'm angry because you're risking so much in this fastest lap. And then a racing colleague puts you in unnecessary danger in an extremely fast corner. It was really a risky action ". He ends on the subject: “ now I have to make an extra effort in FP3 on Saturday morning to get into Q2. And if something happens between the two, I'm the victim. If I'm not in Q2, it will be because of Guintoli ».
Pol Espargaro was, however, happy with the new surface of the track: “ yes, it works very well. We have some problems in the corners, especially in the long curves, for example in the finish line, but in the other sections the machine feels quite good. Grip is visible with the hard tires for the race distance. This makes me very happy. And we are very regular. Yes, our bike works well here ».
MotoGP British Grand Prix Silverstone J1: times
