Francesco Bagnaia says Marc Marquez move “wasn’t risky; angry with zero points”

Francesco Bagnaia gives his si𝓀de of the story to the Marc Marquez clash in Portimao

Francesco Bagnaia, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 24 March
Francesco Bagnaia, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 24 March

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia insists that his manoeuvre against 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez - which spelled the end of his Portuguese MotoGP - was not risky.

The collision with three laps remaining of the Portimao r🐽ace, over fifth-place, was investigated by stewards and deemed a racing incident.

But it caused Bagnaia to crasﷺh out and Marquez to hobble home in 16th.

Bagnaia was asked if his attempt to dive down the inside of M🤡arquez carried risk.

He a🅰nswered: “When he overtook me, he went wide. When a guy is riding in front of you, thꦫat you are battling, goes wide? What do you want to do? Overtake him again to take more points?

“From my side, it wasn’t risky.”

Bagnaia added about the dramatic clash: “When Marc arrived, he tried to overtake. He went wide. I tried to cross the line. He crossed his lౠine. And we collided.

“It’s something that makes me angry. But it’s normal. Itꦛ’s a racing incident.

“We have to move on.

“It ma♍kes me angry because I finished with zero p♛oints.

“Last yeaܫr in the second ra💞ce I did the same, finished with zero points because of my mistake.

“This year, because of a racing incident.

“We know that with 38 races still, the championship is v꧒ery long.

“I was expecting to be more [cons𒐪istent]. Not to have zero points in the second race.”

Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia, MotoGP Race, Portuguese MotoGP 24 March
Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia, MotoGP Race, Portuguese MotoGP 24 March

Reigning MotoGP champion and factory Ducati rider Bagnaia was forced to watch as title rival Jo🉐rge Martin won the Port🥀imao race.

Martin now leads the MotoGP championship with a 💎three-week break until the third round.

Bagnaia s♕ummed ꦍup a bad Sunday: “I was confident before the start. My feeling was good. I felt better with the grip.

“I was thinking about attacking an🍷d having good control over my tyres.

“But, as 🥀soon as I started, I𓄧 was in trouble. I was expecting to be fast. The guys at the front were too fast for me.

“I tried to avoid everything and manage the tyres. It wa🧜s difficult.

“When Pedro Acosta arrived, he was too fast.

“𒆙He was at a fast pace, a lot of speed, a lot of slide.”

Bagnaia detailed his difficulties: “I was struggling behind guys at the front to close ♛the line with the same am✃ount of grip.

“They were very fast on Corner 5. I was gaining in another part. But in Corner 4 they gained two tenths in every acceleration. And in Corner 5 I lost two tenths e🗹very lap.

“It was difficult to understand. I tried to have different lines, I tried to have the same🍌 corner speed as them. But I was always going wide.

“We have to understand that.”

Worryingly he suffered with th🌌e same vibration issues which have predominantly plagued Martin’s Ducati this year.

“Today 🐭I had chatter,” Bagnaia said. “It started on Lap 7. We didn’t expect it.”

Bagnaia is fourth in the s👍tandings after two rounds, two points behind teammate Enea Bastianini, five behind Brad Binder, and 23 behind leader Martin.

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