The press conference in prelude to the German Grand Prix MotoGP 2025 on the Sachsenring gathered Marc Marquez, Marco Bezzecchi, Peter Acosta et Fabio Quartararo.
After the general questions posed by the official journalist of the MotoGP.com website, the first question from the press was asked by a Spanish colleague about the fatal accident that occurred in Borja Gomez at Magny-Cours as part of the private JuniorGP tests.
Questioned specifically because of their nationality, Marc Marquez et Peter Acosta reacted differently.
The first remained measured, encouraging the federations to help the family to deal with what remains very rare but unfortunately inherent in motorcycle racing: despite the efforts of all those involved, zero risk will never be achieved.
Marc Marquez: “Yes, of course, this is the kind of news you never want to receive, that you never want to read. I met Borja this winter at the Aspar circuit, we were training together, and I also met his father. It's always extremely difficult, but when you know someone personally, it's even harder. We send our most sincere thoughts to his family and to the world of motorcycle sport. In cases like this, it's essential that all federations support the family. That's the most important thing.”
The second, visibly very moved, attacked the organizers of the JuniorGP championship, Dorna Sports as in MotoGP, no doubt forgetting because of the emotion that he himself had participated in the race at Mugello after the accident that occurred at Jason Dupasquier in 2021 ...
Peter Acosta
: “I knew him since we were kids, you know, because we ended up living about 30 minutes apart. And… it’s really a shock when you get news like that.”
I think letting the championship continue with the race weekend was the most disrespectful thing I've ever seen in my life. I think a lot of the people who run this championship, and who made these decisions, should think about what they would do if this happened to one of their children.
Sometimes they say 'the show must go on,' but sometimes life is worth more than a championship race."
In any case, the atmosphere being grim, no further questions were asked, which did not prevent the conference from concluding with the "social MotoGP", which we would have been happy to do without in such circumstances.
Minute of silence in tribute to Borja Gómez on Sunday in Magny-Cours.
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