FIM Stewards: ‘Racing Incident’ No Further Action, But Marc Marquez Blames Pecco Bagnaia

RiderTua.com – Confirmed by FIM Stewards.. that between Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia it was a ‘Racing Incident’, there was no further action… However, Marc Marquez’s statement after his accident with Pecco Bagnaia at the Portuguese MotoGP was that “It was a mistake that was not I assume it’s from Pecco.. Ducati has seen the telemetry and knows what happened”.. Who’s at fault?

What was predicted, and even what many people wanted, the result was unexpected, Marc Marquez collided with two-time Italian champion Pecco Bagnaia. There were still four laps left, Bagnaia faltered and Marquez quickly overtook him, the Italian rider scrambled in the middle of Turn 5 trying to recover. position, touched the side and both fell to the asphalt with a zero in their position.

FIM Stewards : ‘Racing Incident’ No Further Action

“Marc said that he took the race calmly, that day he did not feel comfortable with the bike and he decided to spend a few laps waiting for his best moment.. At the end of the race he felt better, felt more comfortable, and time was running out and what he “It’s a shame that he and Pecco finished with zero points, because they were fighting for the top 5 positions,” said Marc…

Marc Marquez’s explanation: “It was a mistake that I didn’t expect from Pecco… I saw him suffering, when Pedro Acosta overtook him, he struggled a lot with the tyres, there were still three laps left, we were fighting for fifth or sixth, up or down two points and when we suffer so much with the tires we know that if they don’t overtake us in one corner, it will happen in the next corner. He wanted to counter my overtake by being a little too optimistic, at the limit of everything, and in the end we ended up in the gravel .”

Racing Incident

The racing commissioner decided not to sanction anyone. “When they called me to race direction and asked me, I told them: ‘You decide’. For me it was an action very close to the race, they had decided that it was not sanctioned, I told them” that he has a neutral stance, that he will respect the decision and will not impose punishment. But the consequence is zero points for Pecco and me, which is the last thing we want.”

“From my point of view it was Bagnaia’s fault, but it was not the only incident, because such contact can occur in such actions. He wanted to go inside without considering that I would come back..  There was no need to come back in such an aggressive manner. He decided so, and the consequence was two Ducatis finishing with zero points. He said he was back on track but the contact was unexpected. Luckily, this time none of us were hurt.”

“We are not here to think about revenge… Ducati has telemetry and there you can see very well what has happened… I have seen and understand what has happened, but I cannot explain it because it is private,” he said , because this issue is not continued (just a racing incident).