The crashes of Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia during Saturday's Sprint at Silverstone have been analyzed and judged as unfortunate incidents. These accidents not only ended their races prematurely, but also allowed their rival for the title, Jorge Martin, to take the advantage by finishing in second place behind Enea Bastianini, who steals third place in the provisional general classification to the Gresini Ducati rider.
Marc Marquez was in fourth position when he crashed in the final chicane. Sylvain Guintoli of TNT Sports commented: “ it was a little overcooked. The weekend hadn't started well for him. It arrived very quickly with a lot of weight on the front tire. He loses everything. He was pushing but didn't have the pace to get on the podium. It was in trouble since the start of the weekend, complaining about the front »
Neil Hodgson added: “ I was surprised by this accident, three laps from the finish. He couldn't catch up with the guys in front, and the guys behind weren't threatening him.. It was strange for me » Guintoli noted that Marquez was the only pilot Ducati to use a hard front tire, which may have contributed to his downfall.
Hodgson explained: “ if you ride with a hard front and think « I’m safe here,” you don’t load it in quite the same way. We've seen this happen before. Imagine this: you say to yourself: “I’m going to take this position, I’m not going to take so many risks.” And then you fall! It is annoying »
Sylvain Guintoli: “ once again, among the GP23s, it is Marc Marquez who is in front. GP24s are fast »
Guintoli concluded by saying crash.net : " once again, among the GP23s, he is the one in front. The GP24s are fast… » Marquez however lost third place to bastianini.
Public chat motosan, we read the expertise of Dani Pedrosa on this fall of Marc Marquez : " Marc opted for the hard front tire on his Ducati, I think that in the statements of Bagnaia had previously said that the hard tire on the Ducati did not work and that it was better to concentrate on the medium, however, he opted for this option and in the end, while riding alone in this fourth position, in this braking he lost the front quite early. He was not yet that close to the front of the race. An error which takes away some good points assured in this race ».
The tenth round of the MotoGP World Championship at Silverstone was full of twists and turns this Saturday. As the season progresses, each race becomes crucial, and mistakes can be costly, ratcheting up the tension even further.
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