MotoGP Portugal Portimão J1 Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia/Ab): “When you have brake problems, you brake sooner! »

During the 2023 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix, Marc Márquez hit very violently Miguel Oliveira in the second round of the race at the Portimão circuit.

Initial reports indicate that the Repsol Honda team rider suffered a broken right hand but let's be honest, that's mostly for Miguel Oliveira that we were very scared, especially since the Portuguese driver had already experienced a violent highside during the weekend.

Marc Márquez immediately apologized to Miguel Oliveira who was still recovering from the accident sitting on the ground at the accident scene, then went to the CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP box to apologize to Razlan Razali, failing to be able to speak to number 88.

The montage broadcast by Dorna Sports clearly shows that Marc Márquez  overdrove during these first laps, already failing several times to cause incidents, and the Spanish driver pays for it with a fracture of the metacarpal which forces him to return to Spain this evening to report to Dr. Xavier Mir. His participation in the Argentine Grand Prix is ​​therefore very certain and he has just been officially penalized with two long laps.

Miguel Oliveira, he got off relatively lightly given the terrifying violence of the shock suffered, with “merely” a few bruises on the top of his right leg and no fracture. In his oral statement sent to the press, he does not allude to the responsibility of Marc Márquez : " Today was a shame. Obviously, finishing my home GP in two laps is something I didn't expect, that's for sure.
Whatever he thinks we can be very proud of the progress we have made, having struggled on Friday, qualifying as we did yesterday, having the podium within reach in the final laps during the Sprint race, the start we made today to lead before going second: I think today was a day where we clearly had an opportunity to get a first podium. Luckily, after the fall I'm only really bruised on my right hip, so hopefully I'll do everything I can to be fully recovered for Argentina next week. »

But on Sky Sport, he responds to the brake problem in the form of excuses stated by Alberto puig : " When you have problems with the brakes, you brake sooner, not later to try to pass the riders. »

 

 

Results of the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix at the Algarve International Autodrome in Portimão:

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