The Sprint race of the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix had some chaos, with several crashes over just 12 laps. It had rained hours before and the track still had some wet patches, which with slick tires led to falls due to minimal slips.
Maverick Viñales was one of the riders who couldn’t finish due to a crash. The Aprilia man told the press that he had no warning or did anything different, emphasizing that the conditions were conducive to accidents:
– I think that after [Brad] Binder’s crash and all the guys, the race direction should understand that the track was not suitable for riding these types of bikes. Because… I don’t know, maybe I took the same trajectory, but then I fell without any warning. We really need to be cautious when the track is in these conditions because it’s very easy to have a big crash.
The Spaniard even believes that, in the face of the multiple crashes that were occurring, there should have been action by the race direction: ‘I don’t think it’s about luck; it’s about the track conditions. Of course, if it were a test, I wouldn’t go out in these conditions, I would wait for the track to dry. Obviously, the wet patches were right in the middle of the trajectory, that’s why I say that the race direction should understand that if about 20 riders and 14 riders fall, it’s for a reason. Show a red flag, check the conditions‘.
