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Video: Fabio Quartararo recognizes that he deserved a black flag for running with the open suit and attacks Casey Stoner
2024 Author: Nicholas Abramson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-10 16:34
The controversy about Fabio Quartararo's monkey during the Catalan Grand Prix continues to talk. The Frenchman finished the race in Barcelona with his zipper open and his chest exposed, something that put his physical integrity at serious risk in the event of a fall that, fortunately, did not occur.
Quartararo, who at first did not accept the sanction, now acknowledges that he deserved a black flag for recklessness. However, he has continued to joke about the incident and not only that, but he has attacked Casey Stoner after the mythical Australian two-time champion discussed his behavior in this matter.
Alpinestars report says all was well in Quartararo's jumpsuit
Quartararo crossed the finish line in third position in Barcelona, but he was already dragging a three-second penalty for skipping a curve that delayed him to fourth place. After the race, after an investigation by the stewards, he was again sanctioned with another three seconds that left him in the final sixth position.
The Frenchman lost six points in the whole process and complained about the loss, but already coldly acknowledged that "looking back at what happened, I can be happy, because it was for the black flag. I put myself in danger". In the end, Quartararo came out quite well off an action that could have cost him zero.
The fact is that the initial Alpinestars report shows that the zippers and closures on the Quartararo jumpsuit worked perfectlySo everything suggests that the French rider unzipped himself voluntarily. Only in this way is it explained that it also threw the chest protection off. Quartararo is one of the few pilots who does not wear a sotomono.
Criticisms of Quartararo were not long in coming, and one of the most immediate was that of Casey Stoner, who posted on his Twitter that "whether he has purposely dropped his overalls or not, he deserves the black flag. You cannot go faster than 350 km / h with your skin exposed"A comment that did not sit well with Quartararo.
'El Diablo' has responded to Stoner saying that "he is at home and likes to fish. If it had happened ten years ago, he would not have said anything. But I don't want to comment on anyone in particular, although this past weekend some people have seen what they really are."
The leader of the MotoGP World Championship has joked on his social networks about what happened, uploading after the Barcelona test a photo with his chest uncovered on his M1 accompanied by the text: "Luckily no one has seen me run today". It seems that assuming the red flag is more a strategy to change the subject than pure conviction.
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