Enea Bastianini ended the Sprint race at Mugello early. The Italian rider, in a fierce battle with Jorge Martín, was hit in turn 1 of the Italian circuit and couldn’t keep his bike under control, leading to a crash.
In the debrief, the Italian rider talked about the incident that caused his fall and involved Jorge Martín.
– I would say the situation is a bit on the edge. It depends on the point of view. But, for me, the contact was aggressive. I was in front and suffered a big impact. I couldn’t do anything. Overall, I am very happy because the feeling, the sensation with the bike was very good. I was enjoying it a lot and it was possible to try to win. Pecco was very fast but… You know, I always have to have a bit of confidence in the first lap. And well, when I see Jorge pushing the limit, I try to overtake him. And well, I don’t know what was possible to do, but… Nothing, we will try again tomorrow. Maybe yes, maybe yes also because I didn’t lose as many positions compared to the last start. Because I usually start very well, but then I lose some positions. This time I was in the same place and… I hope to do the same tomorrow, because it will be perfect.
Questioned about whether he spoke with the stewards and race direction following the incident with Jorge Martín, Enea replied: ‘Well, I can go talk to the stewards, but it’s not my… I’m calm. It’s not my priority right now. My first concern is to try to be like this tomorrow, because my riding style, the feeling in the rear was incredible and I want to see and I want to fight for the win. I talk about it. Well, I talk but… everyone heard it like that. It’s strange, it’s a strange situation. I hope, in the future, to have something to explain with him and my goal is to make the decision together, not just when he’s alone. And the team can’t do anything either. And in the future, it will be important to maintain the relationship with the team. We have our support. We have support from the other riders. We all agree with what I explained, but at the moment, nothing has changed. We also saw that today. I hope that something can change in the future, but not immediately. We have to wait a bit. We talked to this man because Freddy was not present in the safety commission.’
