De Angelis demands answers after Guevara's Qatar retirement

Izan Guevara retired from the Qatar Grand Prix with five laps remaining after a technical problem with his Boscoscuro, dropping him 13.5 points behind Manuel Gonzalez in the Moto2 standings with two rounds left. Guevara had already started from tenth after a post-qualifying penalty and recovered to seventh, but his pace worsened, and he reported an engine hesitation coming out of turn six and a transmission failure before withdrawing.

Pramac Yamaha team manager Alex De Angelis said the team had already noticed a lack of engine performance at Sepang. He said the team was not interested in pointing fingers, but that whoever is responsible should take responsibility, and that losing points for such reasons was particularly frustrating during a title fight.