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With this remark from Aleix Espargaró on the place where Fabio Quartararo must take his long lap penalty at Silverstone, the masks have fallen in MotoGP. The polite speeches, the knowing smiles exchanged in the paddock and at press conferences are all contemporary veneers which do not withstand the intense heat of competition for a world title. He suffered a breakdown in this British Grand Prix, the twelfth round of the calendar which has twenty stages. Fabio Quartararo responded in his own way to the sanguine Spaniard who will no doubt laugh when he discovers the message...

Aleix Espargaró set the mood by considering that the place where fabio quartararo must serve his penalty imposed at Assen was a “ joke ”, thus turning the sanction into “ hoax ". The time lost by the Frenchman was considered insignificant by the Spaniard. On other tracks, he would have lost three seconds, estimates the man at RS-GP, in England, he should only concede a few tenths.

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Fabio Quartararo stings Aleix Espargaró

This sincerity of the pilot Aprilia, that is to 21 points of its counterpart Yamaha in the championship, shows that the tension is there. By discovering this analysis, fabio quartararo posted this message on his social network, full of humor and also irony, directly addressed to the slayer who suddenly borders on ridicule. Enough to put the nerves a little more on edge of the opponent who also shook Yamaha en mentionnant : “avoir un pilote qui vous tire comme ça, comme Maverick l’a fait aujourd’hui, aide beaucoup. On verra en course. Nous nous sommes toujours respectés et c’est la règle numéro un. A partir de là, voyons jusqu’où cela peut m’aider, mais cela m’aidera certainement plus que le deuxième Yamaha Franco Morbidelli n’aide le premier Yamaha. C’est certain ".

The atmosphere therefore becomes heavier and we will remember with this episode the words ofAndrea Dovizioso who will leave the stage MotoGP in a month to Misano : " today's riders look like friends because the bikes are similar. And then, enough of this kindness: today social networks have changed attitudes, guys are liars. We are more concerned with making a good impression than telling the truth: they call themselves friends, the reality is different ". To meditate…

Aleix Espargaro (left) with Fabio Quartararo

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