The story of Fabio Quartararo's visor found in the air box of Jack Miller's Ducati Pramac at Misano 2, and which caused his technical retirement, could have remained a racing incident. But it turns into a soap opera in several episodes. Always mischievous, the Australian had hung the murder weapon in his box in Catalonia. Then Bagnaia took the matter to the security commission. Now, we could well find it at an auction...
The visor abandoned by the championship leader and latest winner in MotoGP Fabio Quartararo increases in value as time passes... We will recall that during the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Misano, the Yamaha Petronas rider removed a detachable visor which was sucked up by the Ducati of Miller in the second round. The result was a clogged airbox, which led to a loss of performance. Miller had to abandon the race on the eighth lap.
Jack Miller now wonders if the opportunity has not arrived to auction the important souvenir of Misano. “Maybe I will auction it for a charitable cause. I don't know. Maybe for Two Wheels for Life or something like that“, said the Australian. “I want Fabio Quartararo to sign it. I think it's the least he could do. "
After the Misano race, a discussion began on whether the use of detachable visors should be restricted in the future, as the Misano race Francis Bagnaia also ended prematurely due to a tearable visor. While he was in the lead, the Italian fell. One thinks that bagnaia rolled the front wheel over a tear-off visor.
No remorse
According to the Italian, in Barcelona, Dorna asked not to remove the visor on the starting grid, after the question was brought by the Pramac driver to the safety commission. The Frenchman's response was as follows: he will not change his behavior and will continue to use detachable visors if necessary: “if I want to remove the detachable visor, I will. I arrived at the gate and shortly before, I had a very large insect on my visor. So it was a good time to rip it out. I haven't used my detachable visor in many races. I think that was the case in most races. But I will use it whether in the first lap, on the way to the starting gate or in the last lap", said Quarterly reminding : "it was really bad luck. "
