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

"Pecco was the one who could h𒁃ave avoided this fall simply by letting Ma🐻rc 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, i🌜nsisting he should have allowed hi🌄s rival to pass.

Race Direction dee🎶med the co꧋llision a racing incident, which both riders and now Lorenzo 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 ꧑for P5 caused both riders to crash.

Bagnaia did not res♕tart, and M༒arquez instead finished P16.

“Marc is an aggressive rider, but in this specific m🧸oment in my opinion heꦍ is not at fault,” Lorenzo told .

“Because the person overtaking ♈the person in front does not have a complete 360° vision of what is happening.

“Instead, the one behind, in this case Bagnaia, could se꧟e Marquez's intention which was to return to the line.

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

“Instead, he saw a small space, he opened the throttle a little more than normal to sque♏eze in, but the space there was minimal, they both had the same intention, 🔴which was to start first 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 collision.

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

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Questioned if Ba🐻gania should have been punished, Lorenzo replied: “No, but if Pecco had accepted Marc's overtaking to try again later, in my opinion no one would have crashed.”

Jorge Martin was the big🍬 beneficiary of the incident.

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

B🍷ut Lorenzo insisted that Bagnaia and Marquez will stiಞll rejoin the title scrap.

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

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

“Heꦫ has the 2023 bike and therefore is a bit inferior in condition, even if minimal.

“In my op💙inion, Marc is feeling better and is going 𓂃faster.

“Therefore, Pecc♚o and Marc will be among the favourites for the♈ world championship.”

Jorge Lorenzo backs Enea Bastianini to challenge

Lorenzo als𒁏o backed Bagnaia’s factory Ducati teammate Enea Bastianini to fight for the title.

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

“Enea was very unlucky last year,” Lor💫🙈enzo remembered. “Furthermore, Enea wasn't happy with last year's bike.

“Now he has recovered perfectly, perfect physical conditions and a bike that feওels better: we have found a competitive Eneaꦰ 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 himse🍸lf we will see a talented Bastianini who will fight for victories and certainly for the world championship.”

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