Marc Marquez crashed again on the Silverstone track but this time it was during the British Grand Prix race. And he didn't end up alone on the ground. He brought Jorge Martin into his misfortune. The images are furtive and we immediately think when looking at them that it is a racing event. But the Honda official admits being responsible for this accident. He apologizes, he went to see Jorge Martin to admit his blunder. And the rookie Grand Prix winner answered him…
Marc Marquez is clear in his accident at the beginning of race at Silverstone with Jorge Martin : " I would like to apologize to Jorge and his team. It was absolutely my mistake ". Concretely, Marc Marquez had gone deep into turn seven on the first lap, which Martin used for a difficult but fair overtaking maneuver on the inside lane. At turn 8, however, Martin went wide, which also resulted in a somewhat wide line at turn 9. Marquez tried to pierce the inside, even put it back in place Honda to prepare for the next turn and met Martin. Both pilots fall. Marquez is immediately out of the race. Martin can restart Ducati, but then has to park it in the pits.
« I was too optimistic about this maneuver ", admits Marquez. " It was a strange situation because Quartararo and Martin were far away and I expected Martin to be even more on the outside. So I prepared for the next corner and prepared the bike. I just misjudged. It was definitely my responsibility ».
Jorge Martin on Marc Marquez: “ he can destroy his own race, but not that of other drivers«
Martin also saw it this way: “ just watch the television images. I was relatively far inside and suddenly felt a touch. Marc misjudged. He must learn from it and improve for the future ". A last sentence which rings particularly true since it is a MotoGP rookie who speaks thus of an eight-time World Champion. Who came to the Pramac pits immediately after the accident and apologized. “ It was of course a nice gesture on his part, but he still destroyed my race. That's the big problem. He can destroy his own race, but not that of other drivers ».
Martin did not want to judge whether there should have been a penalty for the maneuver Marc Marquez. " It's not my job “, declared the Spaniard. “ I just hope the stewards do their job. What I don't understand: Marc could have made this overtaking maneuver if he had stayed inside. But he straightened the bike. I can't explain this to myself ».
Martin is all the more disappointed as he felt the possibility of another good result after his good Austrian series: “ For my race to end like this is really disappointing. If I look at the rhythm, I definitely could have fought for second place. Winning, I don't know. But I was certainly one of the very few drivers who worked a lot with really worn tires this weekend. This would have been very valuable in the race ».
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