Tempers flared between Aleix Espargaró and Franco Morbidelli in FP2 earlier on! 😱 The Spaniard has been fined and handed a 6-place grid penalty for Sunday's race ⚠️ #QatarGP 🇶🇦

@AleixEspargaro @FrankyMorbido12 The penalty should be harder

@AleixEspargaro @FrankyMorbido12 Damn, aleix used to be one of my favourite riders. This is weak sauce

@AleixEspargaro @FrankyMorbido12 Just think how bad the punishment woulda been if he wasn't Spanish. If he was Italian or Dutch or somethin' he'd been sent home for the season.

@AleixEspargaro @FrankyMorbido12 He should be banned for a race, plain and simple

@AleixEspargaro @FrankyMorbido12 6 grid penalty, a monetary fine and an anger management class

@AleixEspargaro @FrankyMorbido12 Aleix Shitspargaro. I wonder how he behaves in home when his kids upset him

@AleixEspargaro @FrankyMorbido12 Hit now and apologize later, been the story of Aleix. ☹️

@AleixEspargaro @FrankyMorbido12 I would have sent him home for the weekend. He is acting like a spoiled child. I have lost all respect for him. When people are going to understand, they need to keep hands to their self

IMHO, Alexis has anxiety. It can manifest itself as irritability, short tempered, over reactive. (My father & siblings all have the t-shirt). It can also cause elements of mild paranoia. In a situation where an innocuous event occurs (someone shows up late), a brain with anxiety will sometimes quickly jump to the conclusion that the event was done intentionally. My latest theory is that some people with anxiety are likely to hang on to certain ideas (confirmatory bias?) and have difficulty changing their mind even when presented with contrary evidence. The conflicting information may bring mental discomfort/ angst so it's easier and quicker to discard it than fully process it. Finally, anxiety appears to get worse with age. OCD and OCPD are anxiety based disorders.

@AleixEspargaro @FrankyMorbido12 being angry as riders typically are each time during qualifying is tolerable but making that contact was excessive and highly degrading too. deserved the penalty and maybe he needs an angry management class on top of that.