The hot moment of the Portuguese MotoGP Grand Prix was the collision between Marc Márquez (Gresini/Ducati) and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), when they were fighting for fifth place near the end. The stewards did not attribute blame to either of them, and so far the matter has not generated much controversy despite different opinions in the paddock.
Sito Pons gave his analysis to the Moto.it website’s YouTube channel: ‘Márquez entered a tight moment and he definitely had to go wider on the braking in that corner. Márquez did not open up at all and re-entered, touching Bagnaia and closing the trajectory. Certainly Márquez could not see that Bagnaia was there, that he had entered the corner‘.
The former rider and team owner argues that no one was to blame, although he acknowledges that Bagnaia did not want to be overtaken: ‘I consider that this crash was not anyone’s fault, everyone was trying to race and get to the last lap, they were trying to fight for position and Márquez took a risk, went a bit wide on that braking and Bagnaia tried to stay on the inside, and when Márquez returned they touched. It’s a racing incident. It’s true that Pecco doesn’t want to let Márquez win, nor be beaten by another Ducati rider‘.
