ACOSTA: "...MOST
DISRESPECTFUL
THING..."
Pedro Acosta was highly critical of
the decision to run the recent round
of the JuniorGP series after Borja
Gomez lost his life in a Friday prac-
tice session at Magny-Cours. Many
present at the round were critical of
the lack of marshals at the French
track to warn Gomez of a spilled
substance on the track. The delay
in medical assistance to the strick-
en Spaniard was also brought up.
And Acosta felt the meeting should
have been cancelled as soon as it
was confirmed the 20-year-old had
passed away. "I've known [Borja]
since we were kids, because we
were living 30 minutes from each
other," said KTM's factory star. "It's
shit when you receive this news,
and I think what the championship
did going on with the race week-
end was the most disrespectful
thing I've ever seen in my life. I
think many guys who are [running]
this championship and making all
these [decisions], should think, if it
happened to one of their kids, what
they should do? We say that the
show must go on, but sometimes
life is more expensive than a cham-
pionship race."
Briefly...
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Yet the number 93 soon
started his attack. Morbidelli
lowsided out of second on the
entry to turn eight on lap three,
with a sickening roll through
the gravel following. Marc was
past Di Giannantonio the fol
-
lowing lap, and after spending
five
laps behind the impressive
Quartararo, he was second—and
Prior to the start, Ducati Team
Manager Davide Tardozzi ex-
plained that Marc would put the
championship
above any risks in
his mind. For the first two laps,
it appeared the championship
leader may heed his advice, with
Alex seventh, behind Acosta, by
lap two and Bagnaia hopelessly
off it in 12th.
Jack Miller (43) had a
solid ride in the Sprint but
gradually lost places in the
Sunday Grand Prix.
