Alex Marquez: Francesco Bagnaia "knew I was there” in Aragon MotoGP clash
Alex Marquez:ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ “For me, i꧒f anyone could avoid that contact it was him, as he knew I was there."
has explained that he didn’t see 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia attempting to overtake until it was too late, during Sunday’s Aragon MotoGP.
The pair dramatically clashed over third place when Marquez ran wide into T⛎urn 12, with𝕴 five laps to go.
Bagnaia, who had been catching the Gresini rider, pulled slightly ahead on ﷺthe exit of the corner before their paths crossed at the apex of Turn 13.
Marquez, on the inside, ran out of room and clipped the back of ♎the factory machine, sending both riders down and out in a heavy accident.
"I had returned to the line and was riding on the inside, my head was already straight and th๊at's when I felt the contact and that the bike was going straight,” Alex Marquez said ಌin a press release by sponsor Estrella Galicia.
“I couldn't ౠdo anything, just try to see where the wall wa⛎s, because we were heading straight for it.
"Pecco can charge at me, or I can charge at him, but nothing is going to change the 🍒result.
"For me, if ♑anyone could avoid that contact it was him, as he knew I ෴was there. I think if he was so fast, he could have overtaken me at another moment.”
The FIM Stewards took no further action after ‘neither rider was determin🐲ed to be predominantly responsible for the incident’.
Speaking more in-depth to MotoGP.com, Marquez said: "Well, I'm fine. I ꦯhave some impact on the left leg but nothing is broken.
“I was trying to make my best race, trying to be really constant. I made some small mistakes like𓃲 everybody because the tಌrack was really slippery.
“Later on, we have the contact with Pecco. I went wide a little bit in Turn 12 and later ꦯon when I come back - I was not really out, I was quite on the line - I just go in to Turn 13 and I was not expecting him because I didn't see him.
“I waܫs on my side of the bike and we had that small contact that made me pick up the bike and crashed together. I didn't see th♎at anybody was coming. He closed a lot the line from the outside to the inside. And that's it. We end the race there and I'm sad for both.”
Asked about t♛he Stewards verdict, Marquez reiterated that he felt Bagnaia should have left more room: “I thin🐻k it’s something that can happen in racing.
"If somebody could see that I was there, it was him. Because he was on the outside. If you come from the outside you cannot close the line, at lea🥀st you need to leave one metre forಌ the other rider on the inside.
“It’s a change direction that many time▨s we saw these things and thatဣ’s it. I'm sad because nothing will change what happened today.”
The accident means reigning champion꧑ Bagnaia has now slipped 23 points behind title rival Jorge Martin, who 𒀰finished second to Alex's brother and team-mate Marc Marquez on Sunday.
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