MotoGP Sylvain Guintoli is worried: “someone needs to talk to Aleix Espargaró and tell him to calm down a little”

The reunion between Aleix Espargaró and Franco Morbidelli in Valencia after the incident on the track noted in Qatar worries certain observers, starting with the one promised as the representative of a future drivers' association, Sylvain Guintoli. Officially, the case is closed since the FIM commissioners considered that the unacceptable slap given by the Spaniard on the Italian-Brazilian's helmet was worth a 10 euro fine and six places on the starting grid. But given the comments exchanged between the two pilots, it turns into a personal matter implying a settling of scores to follow. A passionate way of seeing things which is once again the prerogative of Aleix Espargaró.

This slap from the pilot Aprilia on his rival's helmet Yamaha Saturday at Qatar seems to have been only the beginning of a crisis between the two protagonists. In reaction, Franco Morbidelli accused his attacker of “ lack of respect » while wondering out loud like this: “ I wonder what he will tell his children? » For his part, if Aleix Espargaró regretted his gesture, nevertheless contextualizing it in such a way that he claimed extenuating circumstances, he did not accept the allusion to his family, ensuring that a “ sacred line » had been crossed. And that, as a result, it would not stop there.

Sylvain Guintoli: “ we don't want anything bad to happen »

An explosive situation that Sylvain Guintoli, not only working at TNT Sports, but also considered as the next representative of a future pilots association, rates as a time bomb ahead of this weekend's Valencia deadline. On Aleix Espargaro, he commented in comments relayed by crash.net : " someone needs to talk to him and tell him to calm down a little. Because we don't want anything bad to happen ».

He specifies : " when these guys are on the track you put your life in danger. You don't want that feeling between drivers. It's not nice ". Echoing this, his British media colleague Neil Hodgson, former WSBK World Champion, added: “ with these comments you feel like no one learned a lesson ».