Trail Eleven Ducati rider Baz, standing in for the injured Chaz Davies, on the foundation executed a hat-trick of podiums on the Portuguese tune, following up his third set on Saturday with two extra an analogous results.
But his closing podium used to be now not with out controversy, as a fierce battle with the Honda of Alvaro Bautista resulted within the Spaniard crashing out when he and Baz made contact on the penultimate lap exiting Turn 5.
Baz on the foundation regarded heading within the appropriate path to preserve the set, nonetheless a few hours after the saunter executed, saunter management determined to give the Frenchman a one-set penalty, dropping him to fourth and promoting Yamaha’s Andrea Locatelli to third on the aid of Jonathan Rea and Scott Redding.
Talking sooner than news of the penalty used to be supplied, Bautista used to be adamant that Baz used to be within the immoral.
“I reflect I used to be ready to total in third set,” he acknowledged. “I genuine needed to search out the set to overtake him [Baz]. “I tried repeatedly at Turn 1 nonetheless I flee large reasonably bit and I lose the set a few cases.
“Then I tried in Turn 5. I entered reasonably successfully and I kept my line, even some extra metres inner than frequent. But once I exited the nook, there used to be no house inner and I noticed him come straight to me, hit me and I crashed.
“I reflect it ought to be a penalty for the reason that accident used to be very determined. I didn’t sail large, and once I exited the nook, he went straight into me. Exiting the nook he used to be all the plan via the kerb.
“Even once I noticed him I tried to capture up the bike. But he didn’t care about turning, he genuine cares about now not shedding the set.
“This stuff can occur, nonetheless it undoubtedly’s a rider who’s now not competing within the total championship, he keep out your entire effort of my personnel, now not genuine me. For his irresponsibility we lose a good result for the image of the manufacturing facility.”
For his segment, Baz – whose fundamental programme in 2021 has been in MotoAmerica – described the contact with Bautista as a “racing incident”.
He acknowledged: “For the reason that day earlier than recently me and Alvaro passed one yet every other 20 cases, every time tremendous-discontinuance, Turn 1, every time closer.
“I didn’t rely upon him [to try to pass] at Turn 5. I braked very deep into Turn 5, I noticed him on the final moment nonetheless I noticed he went large, I crossed aid and we touched when we had been side-by-side.
“For me it used to be a racing incident and I’d verbalize the an analogous if I used to be on the opposite side. I settle on to apologise as a result of it be now not a nice manner to total the battle and it would were nice to battle till the chequered flag.”
