Raul Fernandez has accepted blame for crashing with team-mate Miguel Oliveira.
Devastated to have cause an accident with his team-mate Fernandez apologised to the team following the race.
"First of all I would like to say sorry to the team," said Fernandez."I crashed and the moment I was on the ground my bike touched Miguel and also, I caused the crash for Miguel. "Honestly, it is quite difficult because we had a lot of problems with the soft and when we were on the grid we decided to use the hard front.
"We found that it was a the right choice but at the start of the race maybe I did a small mistake with a full tank and with the light rain. "But I cannot say many things. We worked really well and I felt really bad with myself. Fernandez, who like Aleix Espargaro, opted for the hard front tyre admitted he didn't do anything different to previous laps.
But with temperatures much cooler for Sunday's race, and slight rain in the air, those two components played a role in Fernandez making an error. "I didn't crash with him , I crashed and then my bike touched him. It was not anyone's fault."
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