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The accident between Marc Marquez and Johann Zarco aroused strong emotion in the paddock, exacerbated by the reaction of the eight-time world champion who was completely disinterested in the state of health of the Pramac Ducati rider, who had remained at ground after the shock he had caused her when she lost control of her Honda.

Marc Marquez didn't just have friends at home Ducati and it is not with this accident at the end of P2 putting him in the grip of a Johann zarco, Pramac driver who was simply leaving the pitlane, that relations will relax.

Losing control of your Honda at a crucial moment in a session determining the entry into Q2, it happens and it happened at a place where there seems to be a question of safety at the Sachsenring between the approach of the first corner with the ambition to start a fiery time lap and leaving the pits at a senator's pace, as it should be. Because this event showed that the two drivers, with radically different paces, could find themselves in the same place at the same time.

« Even now that we are very close in the stands Marc Marquez did not come to apologize »

That being said, between pilots, a priori, we respect each other, and when we hit a peer who then remains on the ground, we go to see him to see if he is okay. An episode totally forgotten by Marc Marquez who didn't even glance at Johann zarco lying on the track.

An attitude that shocked Gino Borsoi, the team manager of Pramac who commented harshly on the episode on GP One : " Fortunately, Zarco is fine, apart from some lower back pain. Unfortunately, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and accidents happen. ».

Then he specifies: “ what I don't like, and what I would have expected from a champion like Marquez was to see him running to check on Johann rather than rushing to his pit to get his other bike. Such behavior saddens me. Even now that we are very close in the stands He didn't come to apologize, and I didn't expect him to ". Distressing, indeed.

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