Max Biaggi believes 🍰that Francesco Bagnaia found himself in the “wrong place at the wrong time” but should not be blamed for the crash with Mar🌞c Marquez.

Bagnaia’💝s attempt to squeeze past Marquez in the Portuguese MotoGP sent them both into the grﷺavel.

It was ruled a racing inci♒dent by Race Direction but robbed both riders of crucial points in the early exchanges for the championship.

"The idea I have is that it was a racing accident and that there was no intention, neither on one side nor the other,” MotoGP legend Biaggi 👍told .

"Marc 🌠attempted to overtake in that left corner and surprised Pecco who, in my opinion, was right to cross because anyone would have done it to try to get back to the front.

“But perhaps he didn't expecꦦt Marquez to come back so quickly, which only he can do.

“Bagnaia found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, u𒐪nfortunat🎉ely they both crashed and this is a shame for the ranking, but I would say that there is a 50/50 responsibility."

Ducati riders Bagnaia and Marquez have played down the possibility of heightened tensions within t🐻he Italꩲian manufacturer.

But a clash in only the second round of the season between Ducati’s star man ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚand reigning champion, and their illustrious newcome♕r, will set the tone for MotoGP’s return in Texas in two weeks.

Aprilia ‘must restore morale’ to Maverick Vinales

Four-time ♛250cc champion Biaggi is a legendౠ, and currently a brand ambassador, for Aprilia.

Aprilia won the ✨sprint race in Portimao through Maverick Vinales.

Although the record books do not count sprints as official MotoGP victories, Vinales became the first rider to win with three man🅺ufacturers.

But his h🦹opes of solidifying that record in the grand prix ended due to a gearbox problem.

"We lacked t🤡he completeness of the team, because Aleix Espargaro starte🃏d well in Qatar and Vinales in Portugal.

“But we showed excellent things, because 🌞the podiums of Aleix in Lusail and of Maverick in Portimao are two goo꧟d signs of competitiveness.

“There was that '0' that was not neဣeded for Vinales in the long race of the last weekend due to a technical problem and this is a bit worrying.

“We hope to resolve it quickly to also restore morale to the rider who had🅰 a stellar weekend.

“They tell us it was a problem wiಞth the gearbox, we don't know specifically what it is.

“If he didn't have it, he could have even fought for the victory because he wa🐎s penalised from the start."