Marc Marquez’s crash at Portuguese MotoGP “not red mist, it’s a rookie error - I’m slightly sympathetic to his plight,” says Michael Laverty
The Repsol Honda rider caused injuries to himself and to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira, ruling them both of the Argentina MotoGP. He also ruined 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin’s hopes, on lap three of the sꩲeason-open▨ing race at Portimao.
Marque♍z was hit by a double long lap penalty which must be served whenever h🐭e returns.
“It’s a bit of a rookie error,” ana꧑lysed Laverty on the BT Sport broadcast.
“It’s not red mist.💝 He knows he has to brake as late as possible just to st♛ay in touch.
“It’s his riding style. He’s tryi🐼ng to make up for the deficit of his machine. So I’m slightly sympathetic to his plight.
“But, knowing 🅠how go𓄧od he is, he shouldn’t make mistakes like that. A penalty is deserved.
“It was an error of judgement from Marc. When you bunch up into🅠 a hairpin, you have to be ♐careful.”
Marquez was entering the 2023 season knowing he faced iss꧟ues with the limitation of his Honda machine in his bid to w♍in a seventh MotoGP title.
He apologised for causing the crash, and Honda team manager Alberto Puig insists it was “impossib🏅le” to avoid and was due to his front wheel locking.
S🍰ylvain Guintoli told BT Sport: “You can tell Marc is over-riding that bike. He’s trying everything he can.
“He didn’t get a great start, which didn’t help. ♒He tried to make it back without losing position.
“Contact l🧸ike this? He was ꦰvery, very much on the edge.
“The crash wa𒊎s coming because he’s havi൩ng to over-ride the bike to stay with them. It’s a sign that he’s a fierce competitor, but also a sign that the Honda isn’t quite there yet.
“There🤡 were a lot of angry fans booing, and rightly so. It was a massive mistake. Not great.”
Criticism of Marquez has poured in from s🐼everal MotoGP riders, not least Martin who gamely battled on ꦐbut later crashed.
He reminded everyone that Marquez had also “destroyed” his race at Silverstone two years ago. Martin insisted Marquez’s quantity of offences warranted a harsꦛher penalty than the double long lap penalty that he received, but ultimately will not serve because he’s injured anyway.
A𒊎leix Espargaro wanted Marquez banned for at least one race.
James was a sports🎃 journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
