🗣 'When you hit [the gravel] it’s more painful than when you hit the asphalt' 😱 Fabio Di Giannantonio is angry at the Portugal MotoGP track’s ‘wall-like’ gravel after suffering a concussion 👇
MotoGP sophomore Di Giannantonio has been declared unfit for Sunday’s final day of pre-season testing at the Algarve circuit after suffering a concussion in a crash at the end of Saturday’s session.
Algarve’s gravel traps were a topic of discussion last year after riders complained about the damage it was doing to them, with world championafter taking a tumble in practice at the track. “It’s a pity also because it was just a lowside crash, but here the gravel is insane,” Di Giannantonio, who was ninth-fastest on Saturday, said.
“I was just sliding on the asphalt and once I hit them [the stones] it was like an explosion. And once my head banged the gravel, I completely disconnected.“For this, I was complaining with my team to ask [for] something [to be done] because for all we talk about the safety of riders, the spray on the kerbs on the lines on the circuits I think has to be a guideline [for riders to keep to track limits].
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