Jorge Lorenzo: ‘Francesco Bagnaia should’ve “accepted” Marc Marquez’s overtake’
"Pecco was 𒈔the one who could have avoided this fall simply by letting Marc pass"

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Lorenzo has blamed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia for the incident with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez at the Portuguese MotoGP, insisting he should have allowed his rival to passꦬ.
Race Direction d𒐪eemed the collision a racing incident, which both riders and now Lorenzo agree with, although Marquez made it clear that Bagnaia’s manoeuvre was only borderline 𒈔acceptable.
Bagnaia’s attempt to dive up the inside of Marquez in Portima🥀o in a𝄹 battle for P5 caused both riders to crash.
Bagnaia did not restart, and Marquez ꦛinstead f♍inished P16.
“Marc is an aggressive rider, but in this specific moment in my opinion he 💞is not at f🌌ault,” Lorenzo told .
“Because the person overtaking the person in front does not havওe a complete 360° vision of𝐆 what is happening.
“Instead, the one behind, in this case Bagnaia, could see Marquez's intention which was to return t🉐o the line.
“So, in ෴this casꦚe in my opinion Pecco was the one who could have avoided this fall simply by letting Marc pass in that corner in front of him and find himself further ahead.
“Instead, he saw a small space, he opened the throttle a little more than normal to squeeze in, but the space there was minimal, they both had the same intention, which w🔯as to start first in that corner, and in the end they tou🉐ched.
“In this case, in my opinion, Marc is not at fault and Pecco could have aᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚvoided the coll🌳ision.
“But it is right not to penalise either of them.”
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Questioned if Bagania should have been punished, Lorenzo replied: “No, but if Pecc👍o had accepted Marc's o🌠vertaking to try again later, in my opinion no one would have crashed.”
Jorge Martin was the big beneficiary of t꧑he incident🌳.
He won the Portuguese MotoGP and now s✨its at the top of the standings after two rounds.
But Lorenzo insisted that Bagnaia and Marq🀅uez will still rejoin the title scrap.
“Yes sure. Only two races have♍ pa🅺ssed and there is still a lot to go,” Lorenzo said.
“Pecco demonstrated a coldness and serenity. Maybe he made some mistakes, like on S🌞aturday in that braking that made him lose the victory and a small error in calculating the risk in that action with Marquez.
“But Pecco continues to be a great champion, a very calm and cerebral rider. “Marc, on the otherꦅ hand, is doing very wಞell in Ducati, which is not easy.
“He has the 2023 bike and 🍬therefore is a bit inferior in condition, even if minimal.
“In my opinion, Marc is feeling betterꦜ and is going faster.
“Therefore, Pecco and Marc will be a𝄹mong the favourites for the world championship.”
Jorge Lorenzo backs Enea Bastianini to challenge
Lorenzo ꦗꦦalso backed Bagnaia’s factory Ducati teammate Enea Bastianini to fight for the title.
Bastianini’s debut season in red was wrecked by injury but, at the weekend in Portimao, he claimedಌ pole position as a reminder of his talent.
“Enea was very uꦰnlucky last year,” Lorenzo remembered. “Furthermore, Enea wasn't happy with last year's bike.
“Now he has recovered perfectl𒐪y, perfect physical conditions and a bike that feels better: we have found a com🌺petitive Enea again.
“Maybe he is not yet showing his true potential in the second part of the races in whi💮ch he is certainly the strongest, but slowly finding confidence in himself we will see a talented Bastianini who will fight for victories and certainly for the world championship.”

James was a sports journalist 𒉰at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.