If you liked the decisions of the MotoGP stewards during the Spanish Grand Prix, then you will love those made by the officials during the WSBK weekend in Catalonia. With a sanction imposed on the order of disqualification, they went far. The victim Danilo Petrucci can't believe it so much that he appealed. But what could Petrux have done on the track with his bike to get there? Nothing since he wasn't on it. It all happened at the weigh-in at the end of Race 1…
Let's put an end to the unbearable suspense right away with the official version: Danilo Petrucci was disqualified for not using the chest protector under the suit. But the unfolding of the facts exposed by Petrux provides a less brutal reality than that of a driver so careless that he forgets his protections before going for his Superbike race.
Speaking on motosprint, we read his version thus: “ I didn't get what I deserved " begin Petrucci that holds the top spot. " What happened on Saturday is incomprehensible. Between double long laps for hitting the green with a half-wheel and long laps for sending another driver to the ground, and this disqualification because I didn't have a chest protector at the weigh-in... ».
Because everything came down to the weigh-in: “ on the grid, as always, I had a breastplate. After the race I handed everything over to my assistant, the marshal came by and told me to go to the weigh-in. When I weighed myself, I was without the protection. But because my assistant had it. They let me go and I thought everything was fine. Then they summoned me to Race Direction and disqualified me for technical irregularity ».
Danilo Petrucci: “ I paid to appeal the decision saying that I had a breastplate on the grid but that at the weigh-in I didn't have it »
He adds : " I paid to appeal the decision saying that I had a breastplate on the grid but that at the weigh-in I didn't have it. The appeal has been made to the FIM Stewards and they will decide the result. It's unfair, I'm sorry for the team ».
On Sunday, he still did his job as a pilot: “ in race 2 I wanted to win the Independent classification and I was behind Aegerter throughout the race. I tried to do something more and attack but with five laps to go, the rear tire is completely finished. My times increased by 2" and I finished the race on the canvas the last two laps losing two positions ».
« Despite the work we do, we are not able to achieve the results we deserve » regrets the Italian. “ We are close, but no Bautista who does a job different from the others. For most of the race I rode like Locatelli and the others in his group, I'm really sorry I couldn't bring home a top 5 like in Indonesia ". This weekend, he will return to MotoGP and the official stand Ducati as a replacement for bastianini still convalescing. But be careful Petrux, it's also giving away quite a bit in Grand Prix at the moment...
