Updated with quotes by Aleix Espargaro about the yellow flag incident involving Marc Marquez.

Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez has dismisse🌠d claims that he was riding recklessly following a frightening incident during FP3 at Aragon on Saturday.

The drama unfolded when Nicky Hayden went down at Turn 14 on the Marc VDS Honda, with Pol Espargaro (Monster Tech 3 Yamaha) and Marquez, who had been lining up a pass on the brakes on Esparg⛄aro, coming off at the samღe corner seconds later.

As American rider Hayden's machine was being recovered by the tracksid🔥e marshals, Marquez's wayward Honda slid past, while Espargaro's Yamaha collided with Hay꧒den's Marc VDS Honda at slow speed.

Pol's brother Aleix claimed Marquez had created a dangerous situation under waved yellow flags. The Suzuki ri♕der, who said he lost time when he braked early due to yellow flags in the afternoon qualifying, declared:

"Wh🍨en there is a yellow flag you need to brake a little bit early, because it means that the marshals [are there] or somebody i൲s on the floor.

"[Marquez𝔍] crashed, so for sure he braked too late and - apart from the 🐎bike almost hitting the marshals and Nicky - he hit my brother.

"This can happen [unde꧟r normal circumstances]. No problem. But the thing is that when there is a yellow flag you cannot crash, because there can be persons working in the track and if the bike hits th💖em it can kill them very, very easily.

"And it's not the first time [with Marquez]. It was the same p൲roblem at Silverstone two years ago and we were very lucky. Second time, we were very lucky. I hope 🦋it's not going to be a third time because you just need to brake one metre earlier."

However MotoG🍌P world championship leader Marquez denied that he had ignored the flags.

"This morning I had a big crash and I have some pain in the shoulder but [it is] okay for riding the bike. The crash was some confusion with the yellow flag because it was too late, the yellow flag, and then when I realised there was a yellow flag I tried to brake and I lost the front and I crashed. Nicky and the staff of the circui🐼t were luc꧟ky in the end because they could run a little bit and be safe," he said.

"In Silverstone 2013 it was completely my mistake but since that time I always slow down when I see a yellow flag, even when I am on a fastest lap because it is something that I realise is dangerous. Most of the time I do the same mistake one time, not mo❀re. This time I speak with Mike Webb and Race Direction and the problem was th🐻at in the previous corner, where normally must be the yellow flag, it was not there," Marquez added.

"First of all, I say I didn't see and they checked 🦂all the cameras and it was not there. Then when I arrived on that brake point I was starting to overtake Pol [Espargaro] because I didn't see any yellow flag. And then when I realised there was a yellow flag, I tried to brake more to be more safe but the problem is I lost the front - it was unlucky."