Espargaro claimed the quantity of incidents that involve Marquez far outw🅺eighs everybody else’s, and hinted that he receives different treatment to Takaaki Nakagami who is regularly called out.

Marquez has been absent from MotoGP since the third lap of the first grand prix, when he cr🍸ashed into Miguel Oliveira, causing injཧuries to both men.

Espargaro claimed afterwards Marquez should have received a race ban, rather thanꦇ a double long lap penalty, for causing the crash.

The Ap﷽rilia rider has now told : “It is not to be critical of Marc but to be honest and face it. The oth🐼ers are behind. 

“I'm going to face it, for better or for worse.

“Who said that the touches were ♎his fault? How many touches has Marc had and how many have the other 20 ri🦩ders combined? 

“Add the touches that have been on the grid i🌟n the last five years and their 🌼touches, only theirs, in the last five years. I only judged the one from Portugal. 

“If it can hap൩pen to anyone? Yes, but how many times has it happened to him andꦺ how many to me or Pecco?”

Marquez has not been the only rider involved in a crash t🍷his season. Jorge Martin wiped out Alex Marquez, for example, but Espargaro sees an important difference.

“Ho♛w🧸 many times has Martín done it and how many times has Marc?”

Espargaro was told that Marqu🅰ez has been in MotoGP for far longer than Martin, but he replied: “I don't know, it's your opinion against mine. 

“What I said was nothing personal, far from it, but for me iꦍt was a very preventabl🐓e accident and one in which there could have been much more serious consequences.”

Espargaro took issue with othe๊r MotoGP riders who, he believes, are not strong enough in their criticiꦜsm of Marquez. 

“There are many drivers, many, complaining that Nakagami deserves a severe penalty, bec🌄ause he has had many repeated ones and ಞthere is no penalty,” Espargaro explained.

“B๊ut there is no boom because Nakagami is not Márquez. 

“Nakagami has had a hundred times more [criticism] than Ma🌄r🦩c, but it's not Marc and it doesn't come out everywhere. 

“And with Marc it's like they don't dare. 

“Why do we all dare with ✤Nakagami and then we ask Fabio and Pecco about Marc and their answe🥂rs are 'yeah, well..."

Espargaro and Marquez have long had a tense relationship - although the Aprilia rider, last season, gave his Honda rivalꦇ a respectful embrace before he headed for career-threa꧟tening surgery.

However, Espargaro insists that the crash in Portimao warranted more than a mere double long lap penalty (the status of which is sti🌟ll unclear, with the MotoGP Court of Appeals yet to decide).

“I did not speak of him in 🐟bad faith, far from it,” Espargaro said. 

“For me the action was very hard and it was for a greater sanct🌊ion than what they proposed.”

Marquez hopes to return to this weekend’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:French MotoGP at Le Mans but he is already 80 points behind Francesco Bagnaia at the summ꧃it of the standings.

Yet Espargaro thinks Marquez could still ch🎃allenge🥂 for the title: “There are many points at stake. 

“With 𝄹those lost here, he can also be a champion ve🐼ry calmly. 

“The question is what condition he arrives in an💛d how the Honda is. But for the points..."