Marc Marquez crashes and wipes out Johann Zarco in German MotoGP practice
The Repsol Honda fell while on a fast lap and his bike slid into Zarco, who was exi🐻ting the pits, and he was violently knocked over.
The Pramac Racing rider fortunately💧 rose to his feet and walked away, seemingly without major harm, moments later.
Marc Márquez goes down, and collects Johann Zarco, whose bike splits in two
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Both are up and walking abo♏ut, but that'll be a red flag.
It was a horri𝔍ble-looking collision which Zarco emerged from. He banged his head on the ground as he fell.
The seღssion was red flagged with three minutes and seven seconds remaining.
Zarco, whose bike split into tဣwo piece due to tꦫhe enormity of the smash, saw his session ended. Although Marquez did briefly go back out.
- This is what Zarco said to Marquez face-to-f🔴ace after thei💞r massive crash
- Marc Marquez: Middle finger down to “adrenaꦍline”| “Only Zarco could avoid clash”
Fellow Honda rider Takaaki Nakagami earlier suffere♔d a big crash at the Sachsenring. Joan Mir and Alex Rins are absent this weekend after injuries caused by crashes last weekend.
Marquez has failed to finish the past four grands prix that he has started, and has explained how the lꦆimitations of his Honda results in him taking extra risk.
rem🅠inded him of Jorge Lorenzo's claim that he's the only rider who isn't scared of cra🤡shing, and Marquez replied: “I may be.
“He said it – and I also feel I’m never𝄹 scared.&nbs💎p;
“Maybe sometimes I’﷽m taking too much risk but I cannot r𝓀ide a bike worrying about the crashing.
“It is the only way I know to ride a bike fast.
“I will say I have 20 [crashes] a year. Maybe 250 crashes [in 🍎total]?”
James was a sports journalist ဣat Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
