Having been involved in a crash in today's race at Jerez, Franco Morbidelli is thankful that he wasn't subsequently hit by oncoming riders. MotoGP SpanishGP
The Yamaha rider made contact with Gresini Ducati’s Alex Marquez at Turn 2 on the first lap of the sprint race on Saturday. The contact resulted in both crashing, with VR46 Ducati’s Marco Bezzecchi also caught up in it as he struck Morbidelli’s errant Yamaha.The sprint was red-flagged after this and all riders were able to restart, while the incident has been placed under investigation by the stewards.
“We were involved in the crash in Turn 2,” Morbidelli began. “I’m very happy that nothing serious happened because I remained in the middle of the track. “I didn’t try to overtake him,” Morbidelli added. “I was doing my corner. This was totally a sprint race crash because many overtakes [happened] in the early stages, he got overtaken by Fabio [Quartararo] and he went a bit wide.
“He didn’t see me, he left no space, I don’t know. But the result is he cut the line, we touched and we crashed. I didn’t want to overtake anybody, I just wanted to do my corner.”“I spoke with Fabio, he was a little bit crazy in the first lap, also in the second race,” he said.
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