On this stormy Saturday in Brno, Marc Márquez suffered the wrath of Álex Rins who, like a clap of thunder, declared that he had no respect for his opponents. This was due to a gust of wind which picked up at turn 7, strengthened at turn 13 and brushed against the storm right in the pit lane. Accused, the Honda official responds. Word to the defense!
This is one of the highlights of a Q2 in the Czech Republic which only lasted 15 minutes. But what a quarter of an hour! With a hell of an epilogue set by Marc Márquez. But before that, there was this episode with Alex Rins, who was quite vindictive. What is the version of the one who now has as many pole positions as Mick doohan in history, or 58?
« It was during qualifying " begin Marc Márquez. " I went wide at turn 5 and then Jack Miller overtook me because I looked behind and only saw Jack. Then I tried to follow him because I knew he had good pace with the wet tires in FP4. And at turn 7, I went a little too far to the outside and there was a small but sufficient space, so Álex Rins overtook me by touching me ».
He immediately specifies: “ but it's a race! The funny thing was when we got back to the pits the tires were there and I didn't have enough space because he was going that way. I don't know if it was intentional or not. I don't know but for me it doesn't matter because my goal was pole position, my goal was the front row, and I waste absolutely no time with that sort of thing. ».
On the remark about the lack of respect for his opponents he comments: “ if he thinks that… My goal is the championship, my goal was pole. Of course I don't agree with that, but ok, that's his opinion. But my goal is completely different ».
MotoGP Czech Republic Brno J2: Chronos
| 1 | 93 | Marc MÁRQUEZ | Honda | 2'02.753 | ||
| 2 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 2'05.277 | 2.524 | 2.524 |
| 3 | 5 | johann zarco | KTM | 2'05.351 | 2.598 | 0.074 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 2'05.590 | 2.837 | 0.239 |
| 5 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARÓ | KTM | 2'05.710 | 2.957 | 0.120 |
| 6 | 42 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | 2'06.172 | 3.419 | 0.462 |
| 7 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 2'06.233 | 3.480 | 0.061 |
| 8 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 2'06.457 | 3.704 | 0.224 |
| 9 | 12 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 2'06.626 | 3.873 | 0.169 |
| 10 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Yamaha | 2'06.648 | 3.895 | 0.022 |
| 11 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 2'07.123 | 4.370 | 0.475 |
| 12 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Yamaha | 2'09.404 | 6.651 | 2.281 |
| Q1 Results: | ||||||
| Q2 | 5 | johann zarco | KTM | 2'05.033 | ||
| Q2 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARÓ | KTM | 2'05.053 | 0.020 | 0.020 |
| 13 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 2'05.265 | 0.232 | 0.212 |
| 14 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 2'05.286 | 0.253 | 0.021 |
| 15 | 50 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | Suzuki | 2'05.551 | 0.518 | 0.265 |
| 16 | 88 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | KTM | 2'05.763 | 0.730 | 0.212 |
| 17 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | 2'05.974 | 0.941 | 0.211 |
| 18 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARÓ | Aprilia | 2'06.284 | 1.251 | 0.310 |
| 19 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 2'06.554 | 1.521 | 0.270 |
| 20 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 2'06.898 | 1.865 | 0.344 |
| 21 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | KTM | 2'07.155 | 2.122 | 0.257 |
| 22 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 2'07.315 | 2.282 | 0.160 |
| 23 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 2'07.923 | 2.890 | 0.608 |
