RiderTua.com – Loris Reggiani, who retired from competitive motoracing activities almost three decades ago, made a prediction about Marc Marquez. The Portugal race was marked by an incident between Marquez and Bagnaia which ultimately had no impact on either of them, both riders were not punished, and without scoring points in Sunday’s race. “With regret regarding Bagnaia’s maneuver… but this is not an incident that should be punished. Dorna’s decision was good, but if you have to look for the cause of the accident, it was Bagnaia, in the sense that at that time Marquez had more than half a second of speed, and there were still three laps again, with Maybe the possibility of seeing the podium… I don’t understand why he didn’t wait a moment, to be more sure,” said Reggiani who continued to tell about the incident.
Marc Marquez is trying to join the official Ducati team
“The same thing would have happened if you think about it, it’s easy to say that there was no chance of avoiding that incident… he was very close and couldn’t control as has happened recently when trying to overtake on the bike. He didn’t have to “That maneuver, because all riders were doing hard braking, was at the limit. Bagnaia saw that there might be a possibility of going in first, he had to brake harder so that Marc could pass and in the end both of them went far,” he commented.
Will the incident between the two riders bring tension to Ducati? The answer may be yes, but it is still natural for Pecco as the defending champion to try as hard as he can. And, Ducati has been able to give a small warning to its riders, because with the experience they both have, they cannot explain why the incident happened like that. “Ducati has all the advantages. It’s clear that they’re not to blame for the incident, but it’s the same. It’s clear that Gigi Dall’Igna wants all Ducati riders to be first, second, third, fourth, fifth… Obviously he’s going to say something to everyone people and they will try not to do it so as not to disturb anyone (fellow Ducati) too much. But it also depends on how he sees the incident, whether Gigi sees it more as Bagnaia’s fault or Marquez’s fault…
However, Reggiani concluded that the main cause of the incident, and that it was none other than the battle between the riders to get the official spec bike (Marc wanted to go to the factory team to beat Martin and Bastianini).. “For me, Marquez’s nervousness caused that, but it’s all about the internal battle for the fight for the official Ducati team, between Pecco, Bastianini, Martin, and don’t forget Marquez, because he will not race with the Gresini team for the rest of his life. He is working to go to the official Ducati team, not to KTM. If KTM is his target, he will “stay at Honda for another year with an income of 20-25 million. What’s the point of riding a Ducati?,” concluded Reggiani.
