Why did Marc Marquez wave Fabio di Giannantonio past in the Dutch MotoGP?
“We saw both - Di Giannantonio and Marquez - blaꦿtantly not want ওto lead the pack"
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez raised eyebrows by seemingly gesturing for Fabio di Giannantonio to overtake him in the Dutch MotoGP.
The Gresini rider apparently yielded🥀 position on Lap 8 at Assen, as they jockeyed for a podium finish.
Gresini’s Marquez crossed the finish line in fourth, and VR46’s Di Giannantonio fifth, in the grand prixඣ won by factory Ducati rider Pecco Bagnaia.
Marquez was later hit with a 16-second time penalty for breaching tyre pressure. He droꦜpped from fourth to 10th.
TNT Sports’ Sylvain Guintoli believes Marquez waved Di Giannantonio past in an ultimately﷽ futil𝓀e attempt to avoid a tyre pressure penalty.
“Very likely. To me, it’s what𓄧 it looks like,” he sai💜d.
“It’s 𒀰the first time we’ve seen a rider make an obvious move to try 🦄to be behind somebody.
“If we explain that very quickly: riders and teams have minimum fro𝓰nt tyre pressure that they have to respect. The⛦y can’t be under 1.8 bars during 40% of the race.
“They also have warnings on the dashboard if they have not comp♑leted enough laps above that threshold꧒.
“The way to make the front🎉 tyre go up in pressure is to be following somebody.
“Because 🥀that guy will take the clean air from you, and you will get the hot air f♏rom his bike.
“Therefore your tempe𓆉rature and pressure inside the front tyre will go uꦜp.
“We saw both - Di Giannantonio and Marqu🦹ez - blatantly not want to le🃏ad the pack.
“This would suggest that this was the issue…
“If they were doing that,𓆏 it means they were really on the limit.”
Michael Laverty said abo💧ut Marquez: “He was hoping t💟o hang onto the GP24 Ducatis.
“The gap opened up and h☂e had to get creative to keep his tꦇyre in that range.”
Marque♍z is now 51 points behind championship leader Jorge Martin, who finished second behind Bagnaia in the Dutch MotoGP.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for aꩵ decade covering everything from Amer𒆙ican sports, to football, to F1.
