‘He’s not trying to touch Bautista, just to pass him’ - Razgatlioglu defends Rea Full story 👉 WorldSBK
when the Kawasaki rider made an aggressive lunge to the inside of the Ducati rider at turn 14.
Bautista, who remained on the racing line, was then hit by Rea who clattered into the Spaniard’s right leg. Labelling the blame at Rea for what they perceived to be an ‘intentional manoeuvre’, while also calling on Kawasaki to provide their rider with a batter machine to avoid such moves, Ducati Corse WorldSBK Technical Director, Marco Zambenedetti told WorldSBK.com:"We want to say our opinion; we think the manoeuvre of Jonathan Rea was intentional and not a good example, and not in line with the spirit of this championship.
"In the end, the rider gets some points in the championship by putting out, with a very dangerous manoeuvre, one of our riders.
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