Aldeguer admits: “I made a mistake – I’m really sorry!”

Fermin Aldeguer suffered a fracture to his right hand in a crash during the MotoGP race in Indonesia. Due to the injury, the Gresini Ducati rider had to miss the Grand Prix races in Australia and Malaysia. This weekend, he will be back on the grid in Qatar.

After a cautious start on Friday, when Aldeguer failed to secure direct entry into Q2 during free practice, he put in a decent performance in qualifying on Saturday: he set the fastest time in Q1, thereby securing his place in the next qualifying session. In that session, he secured 9th on the grid with his light blue Desmosedici.

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Marc Márquez & Jorge Martin

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Pol Espargaró

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Johann Zarco

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Francesco Bagnaia

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Raúl Fernández

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Cal Crutchlow

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Enea Bastianini

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Fermin Aldeguer

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Lorenzo Savadori

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Jorge Martin

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Luca Marini

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Raúl Fernández

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Pedro Acosta

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Maverick Viñales

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Ai Ogura

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Diogo Moreira

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Marco Bezzecchi

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Fabio di Giannantonio

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Pedro Acosta

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Fabio di Giannantonio

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Marc Márquez

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Disaster then struck on the first lap of the MotoGP Sprint. At Turn 16, Aldeguer braked far too late and crashed into the rear of Pecco Bagnaia’s Ducati. The Italian was sent flying high into the air and landed hard on his back on the tarmac. The race was subsequently abandoned.

Although Bagnaia was conscious, he was in pain. It was obvious that the Ducati factory rider had not emerged from the crash unscathed. Initial examinations at the medical centre at the circuit revealed two fractures in his right foot, affecting the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones. He also suffered several bruises all over his body. Bagnaia was flown back to Italy during the night between Saturday and Sunday.

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Aldeguer was aware that he had made a serious mistake. “I’d like to apologise to Pecco and his entire team. I made a mistake whilst trying to overtake, and I’m really sorry about that,” said the 21-year-old.

Fermin Aldeguer im MotoGP-Sprint in Doha

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Aldeguer: “The double long-lap penalty didn’t slow us down”

The incident was not without consequences for Aldeguer either. After the restart of the sprint race, which had been shortened to ten laps, he had to serve a double long-lap penalty. By the fourth lap, the Spaniard had fought his way up to seventh place. Then came the first long-lap – after which he was twelfth. After completing his second detour, he retained this position. On the final lap, Aldeguer managed to overtake KTM rider Brad Binder – he crossed the finish line in eleventh place, 9.429 seconds behind winner Marc Márquez.

“The double long-lap penalty didn’t slow us down; we had good pace. On Sunday, we’ll try to fight our way back. Once again: I apologise to Pecco,” said Fermin Aldeguer.