Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia grilled over “bad feeling” and “awkwardness”

“He knows what he did" - will Marc Marquez-Francesco Bagnaia clash cause ill feeling?
Marc Marquez, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 24 March
Marc Marquez, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 24 March

The personal relationship between 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia has been placed under the spotlight after their collision at the Portuguese MotoGP.

Although Bagnaia’s manoeuvre to overtake Marquez which resulted in contact, knocking ಞthem both off their bik෴es, was ruled a racing incident, it has caused debate about where the fault lies and what the fallout will be.

Marquez’s arrival into the Ducati 🌟cla༒n, where Bagnaia is the star man and the reigning MotoGP champion, adds a layer of intrigue into their clash.

Marquez was asked by MotoGP.com if “bad feeling” or “awkwardne꧟ss” existed with Bagnaia aftꦯerwards.

“Of course it’s impossible to be in agreement, between two riders, one hour after the incident,🐟” Marquez responded.

“But we have a 𝄹good relationship w🐻ith Pecco. No problem.

“He knows what he did. He knows whﷺat mistake he did.

“I accept that these things happen in races.”

Bagn🤪aia was asked if the clash would impact his relationship with Marquez.

“No,” he insisted. “It’s something that, unluckily,𝕴 can happen.”

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But inevitably it will live long in the memories of both riders as theﷺy attempt to buℱild a championship challenge this year.

And it will give Ducati some thought about how to manage the situation, and th💖e fallout could perhaps even impact🉐 whether they want Marquez as Bagnaia’s teammate in red next year.

Davide Tardozzi, Ducati team boss,🌼 accompanied Marquez and Bagnaia into Race Direction where the collision was ruled a 𝓰racing incident.

Bagna꧟ia revealed what they said inside the privꦏate hearing.

“We both went to the side of ‘💃no penalty’, obviously,🐈” he explained.

“But we are tw🍨o d🧔ifferent guys with different mentalities. So, different points of view.”

Marquez’s side of the story: “When Race Direction came to me, I said ♏‘it was on the red ✱line, you must decide’.”

Bagnaia the⛦n descri⛎bed his attempted overtake on the inside of Marquez.

“When Marc arrived, he overtookꦏ me. I tried to cross the line,” he sಞaid. “He tried to close his line, and we collided.

“Unluckily it ende🌸d with꧂ zero points. In the next race we have to fight back to close the gap.”

Marquez laid the blame at Bagnaia’s door:🍎 “Of course, these things happen in races. But I didn’t expect that mistake from Pecco in this r🌳ace because we were fighting for fifth position.

“In the end, two points more or two points less…

“We both finished in the gravel.

“This is something that can af🐬fect us a lot at the e🌜nd of the championship.

“♓He was suffering a lot at the end, I was suffering a🐲t the beginning. I was catching him.

“You know that when you are suffering, sooner or later after three or four laps, the other r🐭ider will 🍒catch you. You have to accept this.

“He cam❀e back in an optimistic way, and we fin🎶ished in the gravel.”

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