Italian Grand Prix, Mugello, MotoGP, J2: The tone rises between Ducati and Marc Márquez, a complaint would be studied

This Italian Grand Prix is ​​not a meeting like any other. It is played on the lands of Ducati which must absolutely show itself in its best light and above all convince that it can, with its riders, counter this devil of Marc Márquez ready to take off for the championship with his Honda. On the eve of the race at Mugello, it is precisely this worst scenario that presents itself to the reds who impress less than fabio quartararo on his Yamaha. The battle in this Tuscan campaign promises to be merciless because a knockout may be at the end of the road. So anything goes…

Marc Márquez won his 56th career pole position by playing the Ducati who, according to him, wanted to play him. The mood is set and among the reds, we look at the images of this Q2. In particular this passage in force of Márquez on Dovizioso. According to the site Tuttotriweb, Ducati is considering the possibility of filing a protest with the race management for the maneuver that Marc Márquez carried out on Andrea Dovizioso during the first phases of Q2 of the Italian Grand Prix.

The Honda driver had in fact slipped inside DesmoDovi, brushing against him very closely. The Italian had no choice but to correct the trajectory in a left turn to avoid a collision with Márquez. After reviewing the images, Davide Tardozzi, Ducati team manager, described the Spanish rider's maneuver “ lawful, but unprofessional » and confirmed to the Marca newspaper that Ducati was considering the possibility of filing a formal complaint with the Race Direction.

Certainly, Andrea Dovizioso described Marc's maneuver as " bit strange", but according to him, there is no reason to complain: " on the first lap with medium tires, I wasn't very fast. He was behind me and passed me, and even though he was on the limit, he was right... He can do what he wants, but I don't understand why he followed me, but he did the pole, then I would say he did well... No, it's a question of being able to have the right strategy. He is really strong in many aspects, especially when he has to play with others ».

For its part, Marc Márquez defined his gesture as a “ strategy » without denying a certain fundamental selfishness: “ on the track, you must always be selfish and look out for your own interests. My interest today was to have a good lap in the first run and look for a good slipstream in the second. I did it and everything went well, but it was a strategy in that sense, we played our cards ". We will also remember that in this Q2, bagnaia reported a particular maneuver by the same Márquez towards him.