Moto2: Marquez punished for Corsi clash
Newly crowned champi🤡on Marc Marquez will start his final Moto2 race from the back of the grid after being punished for a clash with Simone Corsi in Friday afternoon practice at Valencia.
Corsi was sent tumbling through the gravel af﷽ter contact from Marquez as the ♍Spaniard tried to overtake.
Marquez ran off track, but stayed on two-wheཧels - just as when he tangled with Mika Kallio in practice for Motegi, Japan.
Marquez had not been punished for the Kall𝓀io incident, but Race Direction has taken a di🃏fferent view on this occasion.
"On Friday 09 Nov🍷ember, the Race Direction decided to impose on rider Marc Marquez (SPA) a grid penalty to start from the last position for the race in Valencia on 11 November," read an FIM sta🔜tement.
"Marc Marquez rode in an irresponsible manner during the Moto2 free practice causing danger to rider Simone Cors💖i (ITA) which is an infringement of the art𝔍icle 1.21.2 of the 2012 FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations. No appeal was lodged. The decision of the Race Direction is final."
Marq🅰uez moved from fourth to first on his final lap of Friday practice, then walked down to Corsi's Ioda pit box to apologise.
"I had already overtaken other riders on that corner and I hadn't thought about him bei♍ng one of the later brakers in the class," said Marquez of the incident.
"I passed him on the inside and then felt a touch, which was totally involuntary. I immediately looked around to♒ see how he was and, when I saw that he had crashed, I became very worried.
"I went to apologise to him💃 after the session, he understood and the most impor❀tant thing is that he wasn't hurt. I publically apologise once again.
"La🃏ter, Race Direction decided to send me to tꦏhe back of the grid on Sunday, and I can do little more than respect their decision."
Marquez finish🃏ed third, from the back of the grid, at Phillip Island in 201🌜1, after also being punished for a practice incident.
The teenager, previously a world champion in 125cc, will step 𒆙up to MotoGP with Repsol Honda next year.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefr✱ont of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
