ROUND 15 / SEPTEMBER 18, 2022
MOTORLAND ARAGON CIRCUIT / ARAGON, SPAIN
P58
MAX RACING
HUSQVARNA VS.
FERNANDEZ FAMILY
Moto3 qualifying was notable for
the bizarre sight in pit lane when
two members of the Max Racing
Husqvarna squad stood in front of
Adrian Fernandez's Tech3 KTM,
blocking him from exiting pit lane.
Further angles showed one of
them grabbing hold of the Span-
iard's front brake. Max Biaggi was
aghast. "We publicly apologize to
the Tech3 Racing Team and Adrian
Fernandez," he wrote on Twitter. "An
unsolicited, dangerous action that
cannot be justified in any way by our
code of ethics!" The FIM Stewards
soon took action, banning them
from the Australian and Malaysian
GPs (it would've been the upcoming
two, but visa complications would've
left the Max Racing team light).
It appears the technicians were
attempting to stop Fernandez from
following Ayumu Sasaki after he had
done so throughout the day. Also,
the Spaniard rode for Max Racing
in 2021, when his hysterics and
dour demeanor endeared him to no
one. The plot thickened on Satur-
day night, when Fernandez's father
sought out a third technician, who
also got involved, to headbutt him in
the mouth.
2023 FORMAT
CHANGES CONFIRMED
Further details of the proposed
changes to the 2023 MotoGP race
format were announced on Saturday
by Carlos Ezpeleta, Dorna's Chief
Sporting Officer. There will be new
timings over the weekend, includ-
ing Friday's MotoGP sessions being
called Practice, rather than Free
Briefly...
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