Marc Marquez: Mistake from Pecco, too aggressive for two points

Marc Marquez feels Francesco Bagnaia made a mistake in diving for a gap in their late race Portimao battle, leaving them both on the ground. Thinks it was ‘at the very li𝔍mit’ of a racing incident.

Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia crash, MotoGP race, Poruguese MotoGP, 24 March
Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia crash, MotoGP race, Poruguese MotoGP, 24 March

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez appeared to agree with the FIM Stewards that the late race clash with Francesco Bagnaia in the Portimao MotoGP, which left both Ducati riders on the ✃grounꦛd, had been a racing incident.

But he also felt it was at the ‘very limit’ of such a des🏅cription and that the reigning double champion had made a 'mistake' in launching the ‘optimi🌠stic’ re-pass attempt.

The incident occurred moments after Marquez had outbraked the fading f🐻actory Ducati rider for fifth place into the Turn 5 hairpin, with three laps to go.

As the Spaniard then drifted slightly off line at the apex, Bagnaia retaliated by diving for the gap - a move the Italian later insisted had not been risky - but the pair promptly collided and crashed.

“Just an impact on the shoulder, but nothing important,” said Marquez, who took a trip to the medical🦩 centre after🧔 remounting to finish in 16th.

But could the incident have been avoided?

“Of course it's impossible to agree -൲ two riders, one hour af꧑ter the incident!” Marquez smiled.

“But when [we went to] Race Direction, I said to the Stewards, 'it’s a race incident, at the very limit'. That red line. But the Stewards must decide which is the𓃲 limit.

“For me, it was a mistake from Pecco, but not just the incident. Because in the end he tried to come back [underneath] and, OK was too optimistic, 📖but contact can happ🍬en.

“But it was a mistake because we weඣre 🐭fighting for 5th position (it would have been 4th after Vinales retired). Two more points, two less. 

"And he was suffering a lot with the tyres, especially with the re🎃ar tyre. 

“So in the end, when 3 laps remain, you 💞know that you will lose the position, so it's not necessary to come back in t𓆏hat aggressive mode.

“But, he decided like 🅷this. The consequence to Ducati is 0 points [for both of us].”

Marquez - no stranger to accusations of overly aggressive riding during his career - rejected the theory that oth꧅er riders are now more eager to f𒅌ight with him.

“No, I don't think so. Or I don't want to think this,” he 🌸said. “Just today Pecco sai🌠d to me that he was thinking about two more points and defending the position.

“In the first laps [of a race], you need to be aggress🎶ive. In the last laps, if you are fighting for the victory, maybe you can be aggressive. But today I think was n♊ot the moment to be like this. But OK he decided [to try] and for sure he learned.”

“He said that he tried to come back, but he didn't e🍰xpect the contact,” Marquez added. “In the end, I received the contact. But luckily I 👍didn't get injured. he didn't get injured and this is the best way.”

Although he hadn’t yet spoken to any Ducati staff, M♛arquez was confident the data would back up his case:

“The good thing is that they have the telemetry and they can see exacꦚtly what happened.”

The clash cost Bagnaia the early world championship lead, which has now🐷 been taken over by Sunday’s race winner Jorge Martin. 

Marquez, who had taken his first Gresini top three a day earlier in the Sprint, is now sixth in the standing𝓡s. 

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