Aprilia Gresini rider Alvaro Bautista managed to botch up a bike swap in the pit lane during last week’s Argentinian GP, hitting one of his crew members in the process.
Not all bike swaps run like clockwork, but still, this one is not something that happens often.
Information is scarce, as if everyone involved wanted to keep this incident under wraps, but that was one brutal hit the crewman took, and all because of what looks like an unforgivable error.
As far as we can tell, Bautista lost control of his superbike because he didn’t slow down as much as he should. There may have been an issue with the brakes, but unless Aprilia Racing Team Gresini gives an official explanation, it looks like its rider’s error.