Simoncelli:
“I am unhappy because a result that was within my reach was denied and, above all, because of the fact that Pedrosa is hurt,” began Simoncelli.
“In my opinion the incident went like this: Pedrosa was having a bit of difficulty – I had pulled alongside him and passed him. When he passed me back I was not intentionally trying to resist, and my telemetry shows that I got on the brakes at the same point as on previous laps.
I think that he had hit the brakes well before the corner, and I found myself on the outside of him and in front on the entry to the corner. I didn't want to back off, so I left him with a metre between myself and the kerb in order to go in.
I saw that it was tight, so I tried to adjust my position. That was when he touched my back wheel and went down.”