Alvaro Bautista accuses Jonathan Rea of intentionally crashing into him at Magny-Cours, and feels the six-time WorldSBK champion should have received a black flag:
Bautista and Rea were battling for second position in the final race of the weekend behind eventual winnerwhen the six-time champion clattered into the side of Bautista’s Ducati at the Chateau d'Eau right-hander on lap 2, forcing him on the ground.
Asked how severe a penalty the Ulsterman deserved for taking him out of the race, Bautista said: “Just the same result as me, no finish [to] the race, so black flag. For me it was more fair but at the end I don't decide the penalty. “But I think today was clear that it was intentional that he went [into me]. That's the problem. If [the race control] accept this kind of maneouvres [it is wrong]. He did exactly what he want to do. I think they cannot accept this kind of thing.“Photo by: Gold and Goose /Bautista said he hadn’t spoken to Rea in the immediate aftermath of the race, but felt his move was “not worthy of a champion”.
“For me it shows that he is very fast, he is very brave but he is not a real champion because this kind of thing a champion never does.” For his part, Rea revealed he went to Bautista after the race to apologise for the incident but denied having any malicious intent, claiming his move wasn’t premeditated.
“I'm really sorry for that because that was really not my intention. I want to make that clear that there was zero bad intention because from the other side with the emotions hot and everybody after the race got...it sounded like it was in my brain before the corner.
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