In Austria, we discovered that despite his appearance as a perfect son-in-law coupled with an image of a dutiful gentleman, we should not seek trouble with the Portuguese Miguel Oliveira. Pol Espargaró learned this the hard way after being cut to pieces at a press conference by the Red Bull KTM Tech3 rider who regretted that intelligence was not a value shared at the same level among everyone. At Le Mans, it was Pecco Bagnaia who took his position after wanting to play the strong arm in an adventure shared in Q2. In question this time, maturity…
In Q2, we saw a bagnaia attacking with explicit gestures Olive tree. It was assumed that the first would have been hampered in a fast lap by the second. A strong frustration, a stroke of blood that the Pramac driver later regretted. To defuse the situation, he commented: “ I want to apologize to Miguel " has explained bagnaia. " Because when I'm on the handlebars and I find someone going slow and slowing me down while I'm pushing, I realize I'm very nervous ».
« I definitely overdid it, I was too nervous and angry. He was driving slowly. But he probably just thought that in qualifying someone pushes for three laps and then goes back to the pits. For me it was round four and I was still pushing and he probably didn't know it. Anyway, if I meet him, I will apologize for my reaction, but I will ask him to be more careful about what goes on behind his back ».
“As if he wanted to hit me and cause an accident”
End of the story ? Didn’t count on Oliveira to stop there… “ Pecco behaved like a child » blurted the Portuguese. “ After my third lap in Q2, I was off the line, or at least I would say off the ideal line, but definitely not off the track. I couldn't see who was coming. He started waving his hand and for me the worst thing was that he crossed the line of his motorcycle with mine, as if he wanted to hit me and cause an accident. Even coming into the pits, that's what he did. To me, it's a reflection of who he is, or a child ».
Here are two new friends reunited. It will be recalled that on Friday, tension also arose between Joan Mir and Maverick Vinales...
MotoGP Le Mans France J3: classification
