25 RAUL FERNANDEZ
14/DNF MOTOGP
"First of all, I would like to say sorry
to the entire team because I crashed,
and the moment that I was on the
ground, my bike hit Miguel [Oliveira],"
Fernandez said. "It was quite dif-
ficult today. Yesterday we had some
problems with the soft tire so on the
grid, we decided to use the hard front.
We found that was the best choice,
but at the beginning of the race I
made a mistake with a full tank, and I
crashed. I didn't touch Miguel before
the crash but just took him out once I
went down. We worked well, so now
I feel very upset with myself and so
sorry to the team."
1 FRANCESCO BAGNAIA
DNF/3 MOTOGP
"I'm satisfied because after yester-
day's crash, it was important to finish
the race," Francesco Bagnaia said.
"It wasn't easy. I got into the lead and
tried to manage the race as best as I
could, but unfortunately, as I couldn't
push as hard as I wanted with the
front tire, I had to use the rear tire
more in order to get the bike turning.
This led to some struggles at the end
of the race. When [Jorge] Martin over-
MYOWNRACE
ROUND 10 / AUGUST 2-4, 2024
SILVERSTONE / TOWCESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P68
Bastianini's Ducati colors
represented the 2003 Ducati
GP03 of Loris Capirossi and Troy
Bayliss while his helmet was a
classy Mike Hailwood replica.
