Explained: The cause of Jerez crashes - including Marc Marquez ‘heartbreak’
“The best riders in the worl🔜d crashing through events that are o𓂃utside of their control.”
Damp patches that momentarily dry out then return to the track surface - known as weepers - were the cause of multiple crashes in the Spanish MotoGP sprint race.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez crashed out of the lead in Jerez, while Maverick༒ Vinales and Francesco Bagnaia were among nine riders to fail to finis🎶h.
Jorge Martin won the sprint and extended his championship lead but, ahead of Sunday’s𒁏 grand pr🀅ix, the state of the track was criticised.
Michael Laverty said on TNT Sports: “The Angel Nieto corner, like Turn 5, has a weeper🎃 there, since 2013. They have re꧒surfaced it twice since then.
“I felt for Marജc. He had do🔯ne everything correctly.
“These crashes aren’t really a rider error.
“You are hanging down the out🧸side. You can’t﷽ see the damp patch.
“Perhaps on that lap, at Turn 8, it had a weep throu⛎gh the surface. Heartbreak.
“They are so small. You kno෴w they are there, so you treat it with caution. But you can’t see it on a bike.”
Marquez’s crew chief Frankie Carchedi said: “Box is very positive. In these conditions it’s easy to touch a wet pa💦tch (majority of crashes today). The speed is there which is the most important!”
Sylvain Guintoli saidꦺ on TNT Sports: “From the aerial view you can see that, on the inside, it is dry. That’s what Marc used to pass Binder, to pass Martin and Oliveira.
“The little patch, on the corner exit as you’re back on the thrꦚottle, and you don’t expect it.
“Iꦕt’s like Mario Kart. Traps that are thrown at you, as you’re rid﷽ing. That’s not ideal.
“You’d expect track conditions to improve. Not ꦕwater thrown into random places.”
Lavꦜerty said: “The best riders in the world crashing through events that are outside of their control.”
He explained about the damp patches on the track: “The riders know tha🧜t they are there. They are precarious. The tyres go over it, they get grippier.
“All𝓰 of a sudden, conditꦡions change. A temperature shift or a humidity shift.
“The water gets sucked up to the surface again. The weepers 🥂rise to the surface.
“The conditions changed momentarily.”
G🔥uintoli said: “It’s not good enough. The track needs to be sorted. Theꦬse are not conditions that the riders want to race in.
“I know it was a crazy race. But it’s not on.
“The conditions change, the water seeps to the s💞urface.
“So, you think you are alright, you think the patches are drying. Step by step you increaseꦅ your pace.
“That’s why we saw those three crashes together at Turn 5. Clearly, the wa𒈔ter came back.”
'Extraordinary to crash from lead, twice in a row'
Mar🐠quez qualified on pole position for the first time on a Ducati.
Laverty assessed his race: “Brad Binder led into Turn 1, it ch✅anged the whole dynamic.
“Martin made his way t♒hrough. Then Marc came into play.
“Marc wasted no time today. At any moment, if there was a little gap, he’d juඣst stick it up the inside.
“Iꦅ𓄧t was game on. They were taking a few risks in areas where they could push. Marc was on the offensive.
“I was im𒈔pressed with Marc’s push. Lap on lap he was taking three t🦂enths out of Martin.
“Jorge saw the gap, pushed into Turn 7, let go at 🧸the apex, drifts to exit. Then🍰 Marc had an opportunity.
“He rolls around the outsid🍷e of Jorge’s rear wheel, sets it up on the run-o𝕴ut of Turn 8, wastes no time. Straight up the inside.
“From there, I was like ‘this is Marc’s d🥀ay, the stars are aligning and pole position is being converted into a tricky win’.
“Unfortunately, another damp patch.
“Heartbreak. Extraordinary to crash out of the lead, two races in a rowཧ.”
Marquez pic🥀ked up his Gresini Ducatiꦡ out of the gravel, to finish P7.
Guintoli analysed his co⭕meback: “He was super aggꩲressive. A little too aggressive.
“The pass was 🍨nꦍever on [against Joan Mir] so he got a penalty and dropped one place. “Fortunately Joan did not crash.
“He was coming from too far. There was absolutel🅰y no room. Deserved penalt𝐆y.
“In Turn 9, he tried to squeeze Miguel O✅liveira,꧟ coming from far.
“Marc 🅷was angry after that crash. H💝e did some desperate moves.
“He almost scored a point, though…”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ever💟ything from American sports, to football, to F1.
