Enea Bastianini has criticized Marc Márquez’s strategy in their recent duel, suggesting that the MotoGP rules regarding overtaking and position restitution need to be clarified.
After an incident where Márquez overtook and then let another rider pass him to avoid losing time, Bastianini argued that the position should have been immediately returned to him. He believes that the current rule, which gives riders three laps to give back a position, is open to interpretation and can be exploited.
‘Márquez was very clever in quickly overtaking Nakagami and then letting him pass again, avoiding losing time and maintaining the advantage. But I went to Race Direction because this situation needs clarity’ the Italian told Motosan. ‘In theory, the position should have been returned to me, who was right behind at the time of the incident’.
Bastianini believes that the current rule can lead to misunderstandings and allow others to use the same strategy as Márquez in the future: ‘In Race Direction, they said they understood the situation, but there was no objective answer’.
He concluded: ‘It is important that this issue is clarified for all of us’.