The pair came together on track at Turn 6 in the early stages of the Qatar weekend’s third practice session on Saturday morning, as Espargaro tried to overtake.
Aprilia rider Espargaro gesticulated furiously at Morbidelli and later slapped him on his crash helmet when the latter motioned to him to calm down.
Espargaro was given a €10,000 fine and hit with a six-place grid penalty for Sunday’s grand prix, which will put him on the same row of the grid as Morbidelli.
However, Espargaro may not take part in the race after suffering a suspected fracture in his left leg after an incident in the sprint.
Morbidelli feels the FIM stewards’ punishment handed down to Espargaro isn’t strong enough and raged at the clash.
“This morning I was having my practice and then Alex Marquez crashed in Turn 2 and there was a yellow flag,” he began.
“So, [Jorge] Martin slowed down in front of me. I slowed down. But, by the time we reached Turn 4, Aleix overtook me. Then I overtook him back because I wanted to get back my original position.
“Then he overtook me like crazy into Turn 6, almost crashing and almost making me crash.
“When I was trying to tell him to take it easy because, after he banged on me, he got angry and started to make bad gestures, as he always does.
“When I was telling him to take it easy, to chill out, he did what you all saw. It’s a huge disrespect action towards me.
“It’s difficult to take, but I take it and the stewards have been analysing everything and took the countermeasures that they thought was right.
Source: Autosport