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Unseen by the TV cameras – and continued in the media centre afterwards – Aleix Espargaro and Franco Morbidelli another run-in at Le Mans. But Espargaro’s anger was, again, mainly directed at the stewards
At the French Grand Prix last weekend, Aleix Espargaro and Franco Morbidelli avoided a repeat of their 2023 Qatar Grand Prix confrontation, but tensions rose during an unseen final-lap incident. Espargaro criticized Morbidelli for a pass that he felt was aggressive and forced him off track, dropping him to ninth place. Despite remonstrating with Morbidelli, Espargaro remained calm when addressing the press, focusing instead on the lack of action taken by the stewards in both incidents. Espargaro emphasized the importance of penalizing actions rather than just the consequences, expressing confusion over the stewards’ decisions. This incident followed a previous encounter with the stewards at Jerez, where a similar lack of action left both riders dissatisfied with the outcomes.
