the hard outburst of Valentino Rossi

The GP of the Americas in Austin in the classroom MotoGP was won by Marc Marquez, who took his second win of the season in a race that said much more, allowing a Fabio Quartararo, according to the finish, to earn valuable points on Pecco Bagnaia, third, and which has seen the return of Valentino Rossi in the points, two months after the brilliant eighth place in Styria.

The Doctor finished in 15th place, behind his brother Luca Marini and is preparing for the crowd bath that he will experience on October 24th, when he will be on stage in Misano for the last time in his career, in the third to last GP before his farewell to racing.

Yet the race held on the circuit of Austin, already harshly criticized by most of the drivers already after the first free practice sessions due to the poor conditions of the track, full of holes and depressions, is destined to remain in history for another reason, namely the terrible accident triggered in the race of Moto3 from the unfortunate maneuver of the Turk Sea Oncu when at the end of the GP won by Izan Guevara there was only one lap left. Fortunately, the carom that involved Acosta, Migno and Alcoba saw all the riders come out unscathed.

At the end of the race Oncu was disqualified for two Grands Prix, a sanction as hard as it is rare, which explains the danger of the maneuver carried out by the Turkish of the Tech 3 team.

So at the end of his test, Valentino Rossi, rather than commenting on his test, expressed all his anger at what happened, launching harsh accusations at Oncu.

“Two stoppage races for Oncu are a fair punishment, indeed it was the least that could be done because the situation is out of control, you can’t help but take action. Oncu moves straight to the left, and at that moment he is aware of what can happen, he knows that he has an opponent on his side, and the maneuver is even more serious because the accident was potentially fatal, Migno, Alcoba and Acosta were lucky “

Valentino Rossi, who had already spoken on the subject at the beginning of the Austin weekend, a few days after the death of Dean Berta Viñales after an accident in Supersport, he then relied on harsher punishments: “These guys don’t have to run, period. Some young people exaggerate, their behavior on the track is too dangerous, you have to respect your life and that of others. You don’t play with other people’s lives. They teach him to always be aggressive, but that’s not good. Now Oncu stays at home for two races and that’s okay, because if a driver stays out for two races and watches the races on TV, then you will see that certain behaviors don’t use them anymore ”.

According to the Doctor, however, there are also responsibilities of the race direction: “It was a mistake to restart the race after the Salac accident, after the first red flag. Moto3 races are already dangerous, restarting the race for just 5 laps has transformed it into a Russian roulette, and that’s not good. They had to move Salac quickly and not give the first red flag, because there really are riders out of control. Then, another thing: the dangerous ones in the end are always the same, so the commissioners know them well. So I say: now you give him two races, and if he does one again he’ll take five, and so on. It is the only way to avoid certain situations ”.

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OMNISPORT | 04-10-2021 08:02

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