While the rest of the eleven riders who fell on Friday at the Phillip Island MotoGP test did so in incidents unrelated to other riders, Pol Espargaro cited a slowing Jorge Lorenzo for causing his Friday tumble. “The only inconvenience of today was my crash. When I left the pit box, I didn't feel confident with the tyres so I came back in and we decided to use another set,” began the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider. “As a result, I was still checking the behaviour of the bike when Jorge passed me. I believe he put four-seconds between us, but then closed the gas in the first corner, so by corner two I was already with him and had to take a wider line to give him enough space and as soon...
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