Maverick Vinales Talks About Dangerous Incident With Francesco Bagnaia In French MotoGP

Aprilia Racing racer Maverick Vinales. (Instagram @maverick12official)

JAKARTA - The incident was quite terrible during the French MotoGP race, last weekend. Aprilia Racing Racer Maverick Vinales got into contact with champion Ducati Lenovo Francesco Bagnaia so both of them fell and ended the race faster.

Vinales had to end up in a pebble area after being in contact with Bagnaia. He maneuvered the Ducati rider, but the timing was not right.

The Spaniard later revealed that the incident of contact with Bagnaia occurred because he was not calm on the track.

Whereas at that time, Vinales started well from the second row. He showed speed and scarcity in driving, supported by good performance from his hospitals.

"I am angry, not because of what happened, but because I lost my chance. I feel (my position) is very strong and believe I can compete to become a champion," said Vinales.

"Bagnaia and I are two professional riders. It was an unlucky contact and the adrenaline was heating up, but one thing is for sure that we riders should be calm again and be an example for young people."

"Regret is still there, but there is no controversy. This has happened and we will continue to look forward, as early as possible, at Mugello. At Le Mans, we show again that we are very fast and have corrected many things this weekend," he continued, as quoted via Antara.

It was better experienced by his team-mate Aleix Espargaro, who had to start racing from 11th. He had moved up to sixth, but fell back 10 positions during the race, got into contact with several other riders on the first track.

From there, he showed a return to position and finished racing in fifth position, right behind the competing riders who took the podium.

"At the end of the race, I could have gone through Augusto, but there are too many risks if it damages the race rate too. The good thing is that the RS-GP continues to be faster on each track and this is the most important thing. Now, we will rest and prepare for the next race," said Espargaro.