After a collision in the Italian Grand Prix, Alex Rins described Takaaki Nakagami as “among the most dangerous” racers in MotoGP.
In the beginning phases of Sunday’s race at Mugello, Rins and Nakagami were vying for 12th place after the Suzuki rider qualified 21st.
Rins went out on lap seven of 23 while trying to overtake the LCR racer on the inside of Turn 11’s left-hander.
Rins was enraged at the incident after the race and chastised the Stewards for failing to punish Nakagami.
“How I feel about Taka? Sincerely I don’t understand what he did,” Rins said after the race. “I saw a video and sincerely he was out of the line. The lap before I tried to overtake him in the same corner, between 10 and 11 and he held the position.
“So, the next lap I tried to push a little bit more with the throttle to be more in front of him and he was outside, and when we did the corner he was there and we impacted.
“It’s a clear example of what [Johann] Zarco did with [Marco] Bezzecchi. Zarco put the bike [up the inside] and Bezzecchi lost the position, so he rolled out of the throttle a little bit.
“I don’t understand the decision of the stewards. They say that I was not in front of him and they will not penalise him.
“If you ask the riders, he is one of the most dangerous guys on track in terms of overtakes.
“But it is what it is. Luckily nobody was behind us. But I don’t understand the way he goes.”
The accident, according to Rins, will be discussed by the Catalan Grand Prix’s safety committee this week.
“I didn’t speak to Taka yet,” he said. “For sure it’s a thing to comment on in the safety commission because clearly the stewards don’t do the right work.
“I go there to speak with [FIM Steward] Freddie Spencer and I say to him ‘mate, you are an ex-rider, you did a lot of overtakes and there is no regulation in the books that says when someone overtakes you, you need to close the throttle’. It’s just a thing with the riders.
“So, I don’t understand why Taka did this and that’s all. Was super, super dangerous. We are in MotoGP, we don’t race like this.”
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