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After Fabio Quartararo was critical of the race commissioners for not penalizing Takaaki Nakagami for an aggressive maneuver, the latter gave his view on yesterday's incident. "On TV it looked like it was a very aggressive and dangerous manoeuvre, but it wasn't. An opportunity to overtake on the inside presented itself and I was a bit late on the brakes and there was a slight collision. Luckily for Fabio he didn't fall, but he lost some places." "I wanted to apologize, but he must understand that such things happen in races. If an opportunity presents itself, you have to take it, unfortunately sometimes there is contact. But this time it was not serious. Fabio was exaggerating with his words."

Fabio Quartararo does not understand how it is possible that the race commissioners did not penalize Takaaki Nakagami after the Japanese man spoiled his race with an aggressive maneuver. Nakagami collided with Quartararo in the seventh turn of the opening lap while overtaking Quartararo. At the same time, the French racer slipped from tenth to sixteenth place. By the end of the race, he managed to make it to seventh place. The incident was scrutinized by the race commissioners, but they did not decide to penalize the Japanese racer. Their decision angered Quartararo, who recalled that in the Moto 3 class, Ayumu Sasaki was dropped one place for a milder incident. "I don't understand their decision. I watched the Moto 3 class race where Ayumu Sasaki overtook in the fifth turn but touched another rider slightly. He received a penalty for this manoeuvre. Naz