Marc Marquez’s crash at Portuguese MotoGP “not red mist, it’s a rookie error - I’m slightly sympathetic to his plight,” says Michael Laverty
The Repsol Honda rider caused injuries to himself and to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira, ruling them both of the Argentina MotoGP. He also ruined 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin’s hopes൲, on lap three of the season-opening race at Portimao.
Marquez wa𝓡s hit by a double long lap penalty which must be served whenever he returns.
“It’s a bit of a rookie err𝔉or,🌠” analysed Laverty on the BT Sport broadcast.
“It’s not ꧂red mist. He knows he has to br🤪ake as late as possible just to stay in touch.
“It’s his ridin🃏g style. He’s trying to make up for the deficit of his machine. So I’m slightly sympathetic to his plight.
“But, knowing how good he is, he should🔯n’t make mistakes like that. A penalty is deserved.
“It was an error of judgement from Marc. When you bꦰunch up ౠinto a hairpin, you have to be careful.”
Marquez was entering the 2023 season knowing he faced issues with the limitation of his Honda m✨achine in his bi🌳d to win a seventh MotoGP title.
He apologised for causing the crash, and Hon🤡da team manager Alberto Puig insists it was “impossible” to avoid and was due to his front wheel locking.
Sylvain Guintoli told BT Sport: “You can tell Marc is over-rid🦋ing that bike. He’s trying evᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚerything he can.
“He didn’t get a great start, which didn’t help. He tried to make it back ꦑwithout losing position.
“Contact like this? He was very, veꦗry much on the edge.
“The crash was coming because he’s having to over-ride the bike to stay with them. It🗹’s a sign that he’s a fierce competitor, but also a sign that the Honda isn’t quite there yet.
“There were♔ a lot of angry fans booing, and rightly so. It was ༒a massive mistake. Not great.”
Criticism of Marquez has poured in from several MotoGP riders, not least Martin who gamely battled on but later✃ c🐻rashed.
He reminded everyone that Marq👍uez ha🌼d also “destroyed” his race at Silverstone two years ago. Martin insisted Marquez’s quantity of offences warranted a harsher penalty than the double long lap penalty that he received, but ultimately will not serve because he’s injured anyway.
Aleix Espargaro wanted Marquez banned for at l🌺east one race.
James was a ꦕsports journalist at Sky💟 Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
