Aleix Espargaró has always been known for being hot-blooded, but on few occasions has he been seen as angry as during this morning's qualifying session. A miscalculation by his team got him mad and when he returned to the box he started yelling at the mechanics, totally out of his mind.
The problem arose at the beginning of Q2. Aleix Espargaró wanted to go out onto the track first to set the time as quickly as possible, but a steward stopped him with a red flag, as the paddock was still closed and the session had not started.
Within Aprilia they should not have remembered that all the sessions had been delayed due to weather issues, so they gave the OK to Espargaró minutes before the new start time.
Once Espargaró realized the mistake, his anger was enormous. He asked his team for help to turn around and return to the box. And once there, the screams began to appear. The Catalan Aprilia rider, while shouting, even hit one of his motorcycles hard and almost confronted one of the mechanics.
Later, Espargaró publicly apologized. "Today would have gone better if I had stayed in bed. I reacted very badly when the team made a mistake before qualifying. I feel very bad, and in fact I have already apologized to them," acknowledged the Catalan, who, later From the hot flash he came out to the eliminatory that configured the grid, as he said, without having his head in its place 100%. "I didn't feel good in qualifying, and it's clear that I didn't start completely focused," added the Aprilia rider, who placed tenth on the grid.
