MotoGP Austria: Marc Marquez: “Block pass? It depends which bike you are riding, you must find a way”

Marc Marquez says ‘you must find a way’ to make overtakes in MotoGP, but that clean manoeuvres are dependent on the bike you ride.
Marc Marquez, Honda MotoGP Silverstone 2023
Marc Marquez, Honda MotoGP Silverstone 2023

Marquez has had several incidꦍents with other riders this season, the latest coming at the British MotoGP when he was involved in a collision with Enea Bastianini.

The Repsol Honda rider has experienced MotoG💙P with both the new aero-dominated bikes and the ones without wings.

And the Spaniard believes that the current winglet configurations are a bꦕig reason as to why making overtakeౠs is harder.

"I rode this bike wi🅰th and without wings," bega꧅n Marquez. "With wings it is much more critical. This is MotoGP, we must adapt. 

"Block pass? It depends which 🦩bike you are riding. If you are riding one bike, you can overtake. 

"If you are ridingꦏ another bike and you need to overtake in other places that you cannot exp✅ect but you must find a way."

Not only has overtaking become harder ac🌠cording to some riders in MotoGP,🦩 but so has following as front tyre pressures have become an issue due to the turbulence from the bike ahead.

Bezzecchi crashed while following Bagnaia at Silverstone, however, that time aroun꧂d it was&nbs༒p;a mistake and not front tyre pressures being the cause.

Speak🐷ing at the Red Bull Ring, Bezzecchi said: "For me, Silverstoꦍne was a mistake. Because I didn’t move enough. I had to consider this, and move more. This is why I crashed. 

"For blocking? Nobody should block other riders, never. I think this is for safety. ꦫSometimes when you pass more aggressively you ꦛhave to. 

"It depends on the 🧔situation. Racing is racing. I agree… but also not🌱!"

R♔egarding the comments about block passes or not leaving riders with space, Marquez and Bezzecchi spoke about this following Pol Espargaro’s admission that there is an unofficial racing etiquette that exists between riders. 

Alex Marquez was also on hand to express his views on overtaking, and said: "In some corn💝ers it is easy to understand. At really high speed it is easy to make a mistake. But we are the riders and we need to understand. 

"Block? Nothing to say. When you pass a rider, yo⛦u do your best not to touch him. But i𝓀t’s something you can’t control."

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