Francesco Bagnaia left the main race of the Portuguese GP without points. In the final laps, fighting with Marc Márquez (Gresini/Ducati) for the top five, he collided with his rival and crashed, having to abandon the race.
The Ducati two-time champion spoke about the incident: ‘When Marc arrived, he just tried to overtake, went wide, I tried to close the line, he closed his line and we collided. It’s something that annoys me, but it’s normal. It’s a racing incident and we have to move on to the next one‘.
Regarding what made him angry in this accident, Bagnaia clarified: ‘It annoys me because I ended up with no points. And last year in the second race I did the same, ending up with no points due to my mistake. This year, due to a racing incident. We know perfectly well that with 38 races left the championship is very long, but I was expecting and wanted to be more consistent in the results and not start with zero points right in the second race like last year‘.
Finally, the Italian denied that the maneuver with Márquez was risky as far as he is concerned: ‘When he overtook me, he went wide. When a rider ahead of you that you are fighting with goes wide, what do you want to do? Overtake him again, to score more points. From my side it was not risky‘.
