It’s a Marc Marquez sorry for a large audience who came braving the elements who spoke about the cancellation of the British Grand Prix in Silverstone. A dog's Sunday afternoon, an ordeal that could have been shortened with a strong decision from those in charge. Because it was clear from the start, which was never given, that no race was going to be launched in such weather conditions on such a degraded track...
« There was no chance to start the race » immediately recognizes the leader of the Championship and defending champion. Because in addition to the aforementioned pitfalls, there was this disastrous end to FP4 which left behind a Tito Rabat seriously injured: we had a seriously injured colleague with Tito Rabat in the hospital. So we put safety first. There was no chance of starting this race because of the puddles. A life is more important than a race ».
However, there was a pilot who wanted to go into combat: Jack Miller : " each pilot expressed his opinion. We spoke to Jack. And there was a ten-minute time slot between 14 and 15 p.m., where we could have started. But the rain could have returned and we would have slipped again on the straight with aquaplaning like during FP4. This had already led to a bad injury on Saturday. It wasn't raining much, but the tarmac was a problem ».
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He specifies : " I would like to thank Dorna on behalf of all the drivers, because they listened to us, they took our comments seriously. It was said at the start of the meeting: “You make the decision”.
Still, this twelfth missed meeting of the season will leave its mark: “ we had to stay focused from 9 a.m. to 16 p.m., which was very tiring. The constant waiting was a strain. We wanted to give something to the fans. We would have liked to see them all in the stands, they deserved compensation. But you had to stay calm and think. It was a long and unusual day. I hope we never experience anything like this. Next year we want to return to Silverstone, with new bitumen, then we will give them value for money ».
Because Silverstone will indeed be at 2019 calendar.
