The words of Max Biaggi
Max Biaggi also had his say on Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez: “The idea I have is that it was a race accident and that there was no intentionality, neither on one side nor the other. Marc attempted to overtake in that left corner and surprised Pecco who, in my opinion, was right to cross because anyone would have done it to try to get back to the front. But perhaps he didn't expect Marquez to come back in that fast way that only he can do. Bagnaia found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, unfortunately they both crashed and this is a shame for the ranking, but I would say that there is a 50/50 responsibility.”
Aprilia chapter: “We lacked the completeness of the squad and the team, because Espargaró started well in Qatar and Vinales in Portugal. But we showed excellent things, because the podiums of Aleix in Lusail and of Maverick in Portimao are two good signs of competitiveness. There was that '0' that was not needed for Vinales in the long race of the last weekend due to a technical problem and this is a bit worrying, we hope to resolve it quickly to also restore morale to the rider who had had a great weekend stellar. They tell us there was a problem with the gearbox, we don't know specifically what it is. If he hadn't had it, he could have fought for the victory because he was penalized from the start.”
Max Biaggi closed his speech on Sky by talking about Pedro Acosta: “It's nice that every now and then something new, so overbearing, appears. Acosta started surprising everyone right from his first year in Moto3 in which he immediately won the World Championship. In Moto2 it took him a year longer, while in the top class it took him 2 races to get on the podium and he is not afraid of his more famous opponents. I must say that it is a certainty despite his young age, we like this because it is nice to see him on a bike that is neither a Ducati nor a Japanese one, nor an Aprilia but a KTM. We hope to see him up front already in Texas.”