During the press conference ahead of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Marc Marquez had to give his version of the incident on the last lap of the Ducati Lenovo Race of Champions in Misano, in which the eight-time world champion MotoGP overtook Nicolo Bulega resulting in the fall of the latter.
After the race finished behind Francesco Bagnaia and Andrea Iannone, Marc Marquez expressed regret over the incident. “ Too bad about the last round, I felt Bulega fall “, the Spaniard told Sky Italia. “ I don't know if there was contact or not, I haven't had much news ». Marc Marquez then went to the box Nicolo Open up to apologize and clarify what had happened. He also declared to Moto sprint : " I'm going to go see Nicolo and I gave him the helmet I used in racing. I wanted to ask him if there was contact or not, since I didn't perceive it. I only heard the sound of the motorcycle scraping the ground »
Questioned more officially in England, the Iberian champion somewhat backtracked on his first statements and was unable to conceal the reasons for Nicolo Bulega's explicit gesticulations in the gravel...
We saw at the Race of Champions this collision in the last corner with Bulega. Any comments on this? Do you think it was a bit of fun for you, or did you laugh about it a bit at the end?
“No, no, of course it wasn’t funny. But yes, I tried something that I'm used to doing in MotoGP, but at that moment I didn't understand that I was on a road bike and even though it's a very good bike, because we were riding at the limit, I didn't expect the reaction of the bike and I couldn't slow down properly. Luckily it ended like that (good), but it was just a mistake, of course, I can't say anything more. »
