Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia grilled over “bad feeling” and “awkwardness”

“He knows what he did" - will Marc Marquez-Francesco Bagnaia clash cause ill feeling?
Marc Marquez, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 24 March
Marc Marquez, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 24 March

The personal relationship between 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia has been placed under the spotlight after their collision at the Portuguese MotoGP.

Alꦬthough Bagnaia’s manoeuvre to overtake Marquez which resulted in co🎉ntact, knocking them both off their bikes, was ruled a racing incident, it has caused debate about where the fault lies and what the fallout will be.

Marquez’s arrival into the Ducati clan, where Bagnaia is the star man and the reigning MotoGP ch😼ampion, adds a layer of intrigue into their clash.

Marquez was asked by MotoGP.com if “bad feeli🍃ng” or “awkward💖ness” existed with Bagnaia afterwards.

“Of course it’s impossible to be in agreement, between two riders, one hour after the incident,💎” Marquez responded.

“But we have a good relationship with Pecco. No p✱robl꧑em.

“He knows what he did. He knows what mistakꦍe he did.

“I accept that these things happen in races.”

Bagnaia was asked if the clash would impact his relationship with Ma🌠rquez.

“No,” he insisted. “It’s s♔omething that, unluckily, can happen.”

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But inevitab♒ly it will live long in the memories of both riders💧 as they attempt to build a championship challenge this year.

And it will give Ducati🍌 some thought about how to manage the situation, and the fallout could perhaps even impact whether they want Marquez as🍌 Bagnaia’s teammate in red next year.

Davide Tardozzi, Ducati team boss, accompanied Marquez and B💛agnaia into Race Direction where the collision was ruled a racin♐g incident.

Bagnaia revealed w༒hat they said insid♏e the private hearing.

“We both went to the side of ‘no penalty’, obviouslಌy,” he explained.

“But we are two different guys with different mentalities. So, different points of vi🍎ew.”

Marquez’s side of the story: “When Rac🐎e Direction came to me, I said ‘it was on the red line, you must decide♌’.”

Bagnaia then described🐈 his attempted overtake on the inside of Marquez.

“When Marc arrived, he overto🃏ok me. I tried to cross the line,” he said. “He ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtried to close his line, and we collided.

“Unluckily it ended with zero poin♚ts. In the next ꧂race we have to fight back to close the gap.”

Marquez laid the blame at Bagnaia’s dꦑoor: “Of co🅘urse, these things happen in races. But I didn’t expect that mistake from Pecco in this race because we were fighting for fifth position.

“In the end, two points more or two points less…

“We both finished in the gravel.

“This is something thatꦬ can affect us a lot at the end of t💙he championship.

“He was suffering 🌸a lot at the end, I was suffering at the beginning. Iꦚ was catching him.

“You know that when you are suffering, sooner or later after three or fo❀ur laps, the other rider will catch you. You have to accept this.

ꦜ“He came back in an optimistic way, and we fin⛎ished in the gravel.”

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