Franco Morbidelli was one of several riders to crash during the MotoGP French GP race. But, without turning away from the fight in a very complicated round, he ended up 15th and scored a point.
The Pertamina Enduro VR46 rider began by speaking about the crash: ‘It was a crazy race. Right in the moment that I decided to go into the box to change the bike, I didn’t slow down enough in turn 12 and lost the front ending up on the ground. Then, I struggled so much to restart and lost so much time. When I went back to the pits, I was completely off, but I fought really hard with Pecco [Bagnaia] to get that point’.
On the treacherous conditions caused by the rain, Morbidelli commented: ‘Many people were crashing – [Fabio] Quartararo crashed in turn 14, Jack [Miller] and [Brad] Binder crashed in turn 14, people losing their feet from the footpegs. It was really sketchy’.
Even though it was just one point, it holds significant meaning for the #21: ‘It’s a really important point for us actually, because when we got back in rainy conditions we were super fast and I was able to fight my way back to this well-deserved point – because we had an awful weekend from the point of view of the circumstances. We started pretty much off pace, or struggling a lot with some issues on the bike, and we never put our real potential on track – apart from the the laps on wet, where I was able to ride and feel the bike I know and just ride. And that’s a good note to finish the weekend with. We are really eager to go to England’.