Danilo Petrucci was left furious with Andrea Iannone for triggering a multi-rider crash at the start of Race 1 at Balaton Park’s first WorldSBK race.
Petrucci was one of the seven riders to go down, but had to start at the back on the race restart while suffering with pain in his shoulder.
Although the Italian delivered an impressive performance to finish fifth at the inaugural WorldSBK meeting at Balaton Park, he noted that Iker Lecuona and Remy Gardner sustained injuries in the crash. Iannone himself and Garrett Gerloff later withdrew after Saturday’s action.
Petrucci suggested that Iannone’s two long-lap penalty punishment wasn’t enough and stated that it was “unacceptable” that he was allowed to restart.
“In Turn 2, Iannone hit me in the middle,” he stated to GPOne.
“For me, it is unacceptable that they let him restart after he took out six, sending two to the hospital.
“I have some pain in my shoulder and I hope it will be resolved by tomorrow. It looks like he was playing a video game, but this is not a game.
“I’m really pissed off because I lost a lot of points, although my team did a great job to get me going again and they were amazing. I could have been on the podium, but that’s okay.”
The Barni Spark Racing rider stated that there was no communication between himself and Iannone after the accident.
“No, he better stay away from me! I don’t want to talk to him, also because I have nothing to say to him and I don’t even want his apology,” he declared.
“At the end of the day, we know him, since then he comes to reporters and says things like, ‘I closed the line.’
“The fact that they gave him a double long lap penalty says it all and I think there is nothing more to add. I still don’t understand a manoeuvre like that.”
Petrucci later finished tenth in the Superpole Race, before ending the weekend in fourth place to keep himself third in the championship.
