Jorge Lorenzo: ‘Francesco Bagnaia should’ve “accepted” Marc Marquez’s overtake’

"Pecco was the one 🥂who could have avoided this fall simply by letting Marc pass"

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168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Lorenzo has blamed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia for the incident with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez at the Portuguese MotoGP, insisting 🧸he should have allowed his rival to pass.

Race Direction deemed the collision a racing incident, which both riders and now Loreಞnzo agree with🌊, although Marquez made it clear that Bagnaia’s manoeuvre was only borderline acceptable.

Bagnaia’s attempt to dive up the inside of Marquez in Portimao in a battle for P5 caused both riders 🃏to crash.

Ba�♐�gnaia did not restart, and Marquez instead finished P16.

“Marc is an aggressive rider, but in this specific moment in my opinion he is n💯ot at fault,” Lorenzo told .

“Because the person o⛎vertaking the person in front does not have a complete 360° vision of what is happening.

“Instead, the one behind, in this ca💝se Bagnaia, could see Marquez's intention which was to return to the line.

“So, in this case in my opinion Pecco was the one who could have avoided this fall simply by letting Marc pass in that corner in front of him and💖 find himself further ahead.

“Instead, he saw a small space, he opened the throttle a little more than normal to squeeze in, but the space there was minimal, they both had the same intention, which was to start fi🍸rst in that corner, and in the end they touched.

“In this case, in my opinion, Marc is not at fault and Pecco could have avoided the collisi🅠on.

“But it is right not to penalise either of them.”

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Questioned if Bagania should have been punished, Lorenzo replied: “No, but if Pecco had accepted Marc's overtaking to try again later, in my opini📖on🍌 no one would have crashed.”

Jorge Marti๊n was the big beneficiary of the incident.

He won the Portuguese MotoGP and now sits at th💫eꦕ top of the standings after two rounds.

But Lore🦄nzo insisted that Bagnaia and Marquez will still rejoin the title scrap.

“Yes sure. Only two races have passed and there is🍸 still a lot to go,” Lorenzo said.

“Pecc🎃o demonstrated a coldness and serenity. Maybe he made some mistakes, like on Saturday in that braking that made him lose the victory and a small error in calculating the risk in that action with Marquez.

“But Pecco continues to be a great champion, a very calm and cerebral rider. “Marc, on the other hand, is doing very weꩲll in Ducati, which is not easy.

“He has the 2023 bike and ther🌞efore is a bit inferior in condition, even if minimal.

“In my opinion, Marc is feeling better and is goꦐingও faster.

“Therefore, Pecco and Marc will be among the favourites for the world⭕ championship.”

Jorge Lorenzo backs Enea Bastianini to challenge

Lorenzo also backed Bagnaia’s factory Du♏cati teammate Enea Bastianini to fight for the title.

Bastianini’s debut season i🐽n red was wrecked by injury but, at the weekend in Portimao,🧸 he claimed pole position as a reminder of his talent.

“Enea was very unlucky last year,” Lorenzo remembered. “Furthermore, Enea wasn't hap🧸py with last year's bike.

“Now he ꧂has recovered perfectly, perfect physical conditions and a bike that feels better: we have♔ found a competitive Enea again.

“Maybe 🍸he is not yet showing his true potential in the second part of the races in which he is certainly the strongest, but slowly finding confidence in himself we will see a talented Bastianini who will fight for victories and certainly for the world championship.”

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