Gold & Goose / Red Bull Content Pool

Did you watch MotoGP at the weekend" If so, you?ll have no doubt wondered what on earth caused Enea Bastianini?s Ducati to be skating along the floor as the rest of the riders approached the grid. I certainly did. And it wasn?t until halfway through the race that we had an explanation to the Bastianini crash. For those that haven?t seen it, let me explain. Bastianini ?stoppied? directly into the back of Johann Zarco with enough force to sit himself on the floor; but not quite enough force to sit Zarco on the floor. Zarco went on to start (and finish) the race. Bastianini didn?t. But who?s fault was the collision"

Well if you were to ask Bastianini that question, he?d tell you Zarco was to blame. That his ?very, very strange? hard braking was ?crazy? and that it left him nowhere to go. And whilst part of me sympathises with the young Italian lad, I find it hard to agree with him. I sympathise with him because I have been there myself. Well, I?ve nearly been there, anyway. On numerous occasions I?ve narrowly missed people checking their brakes. It?s scary, and it?s also pretty dangerous; in the same way that weaving from side to side to warm your tyres is.
Dicking about

But unfortunately no matter how dangerous and scary it is, people are still going to do it. And, in all fairness, for good reason. Zarco wasn?t just dicking about, causing a nuisance for the sake of it. His hard accelerating and hard braking ritual...