Raul Fernandez reacts angrily to a first-corner crash during Saturday’s MotoGP Mandalika sprint, repeatedly questioning Aprilia stablemate Marco Bezzecchi’s role in what Fernandez says was a setup for the incident. After securing his maiden MotoGP pole position, Fernandez ends up injured, and he describes Bezzecchi’s actions using terms such as “not nice,” “ungentlemanly” and “not clever,” calling the behavior unprofessional.
Bezzecchi dismisses Fernandez’s complaints, saying the collision is racing incident. Multiple accounts describe a complex chain reaction at Turn 1 in which Bezzecchi is the first rider to fall. Bezzecchi’s factory Aprilia then tangles with Fernandez’s Trackhouse machine, ending both riders’ sprint hopes. Other outlets frame Fernandez’s outburst as driven by high emotion and frustration, particularly after he fractures a finger and faces uncertainty over his availability.
