Aleix Espargaro is 'angry' that Ducati blocked a tweak to MotoGP's Friday format that the riders wanted from August's British GP.
As part of MotoGP’s format shake-up for 2023 to include sprint races, the combined order at the end of Friday’s two practice sessions decides which riders go straight to Q2 in qualifying and who has to go through Q1.
However, following a meeting between the manufacturers association on Thursday at the Dutch GP, a change in format for this season was rejected and will take effect from 2024. “All riders, it looked like, were pushing to change the Friday schedule to make free practice one ‘free’,” he began. “But it looks like they don’t like the idea. It’s strange because their riders, believe me, were in favour to change that. But the bosses of Ducati don’t.Photo by: Gold and Goose /
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