Ducati MotoGP team manager Davide Tardozzi was happy to run the Silverstone race on Monday but was outvoted by those booked to test at Aragon on Wednesday.
Tardozzi knew nothing of the impromptu rider meeting that eventually cancelled the event until he saw it happening on television and immediately went to see what was occuring.
“I did not receive any official notification of a meeting between the riders and the race direction to make a decision about the cancellation of the Grand Prix," said Tardozzi.
"The initiative of the meeting with the Race Direction came about spontaneously between a number of riders who started to inform the others to come to the IRTA offices. For example, Jorge Lorenzo had been informed by his manager Albert Valera, who had heard from Aleix Espargarò.
"All the riders were not present because some of them had not been informed and others only showed up after seeing the images on television, but no one had officially called them. That’s exactly what I did, I saw the images on television and I went on my own to find out what was going on. As always, no Team Manager entered the meeting, just as we are not present at the Safety Commission officially organized on Friday in the circuits.
"After excluding the possibility of racing on Monday with a vote between the teams (we voted in favour of this possibility), Ducati was totally in agreement with the decision taken because it was the safest thing for everyone, but I still believe that a decision of this importance should be made with all the riders on the grid through an official meeting.”