Alex Marquez says he was “simply attempting to calculate the transfer for the subsequent lap” when he crashed at flip 12 and took down Joan Mir within the Czech MotoGP at Brno.
Marquez, who certified eighth, was attempting to make up floor within the early phases of the race when he folded the entrance on lap two within the second a part of the penultimate chicane of the Brno lap.
From the surface, it appeared like a failed overtake try, however the Gresini Racing rider defined after the race that he was attempting to judge the move with a view to executing it on the subsequent lap.
“Once you do a mistake, it is advisable settle for every thing,” Alex Marquez informed MotoGP.com after the race in Czechia.
“I used to be simply attempting to calculate the transfer for the subsequent lap, so I used to be attempting to go half-way.
“I went too deep and I misplaced the entrance, inflicting his crash.
“I’m sorry to him and his crew.
“We created that state of affairs by a mistake in qualifying, ranging from the again.
“It is a weekend which should give us expertise for the longer term. Once we begin on the again, we have to be calm.
“It’s true that we aren’t used to ranging from the again positions. Right now I didn’t [do things] in the proper moments.
“Sorry. We have to transfer on, and are available again in Austria in a greater approach.”
Joan Mir: “4 or 5 instances somebody touched me”
Joan Mir
Regardless of the intention of Marquez’s transfer to the within on lap two, it meant the top of the race for Joan Mir, whose Dash on Saturday was ruined on the primary lap when he ran lengthy attempting to keep away from Johann Zarco.
The Honda HRC rider mentioned mentioned he felt “4 or 5” contacts on lap two previous to the one which resulted with him within the gravel.
“I knew Alex [Marquez] was behind,” Mir informed MotoGP.com.
“However in that lap, 4 or 5 instances, somebody touched me from behind. However they weren’t in a position to make a transfer.
“Then, in that chicane, I felt a motorbike crash into myself.
“I went to the gravel and crashed too. That’s what occurred.
“I can say what I felt however I can’t say what actually occurred.
“Clearly I used to be offended. He was offended for some cause.
“In the long run, it completed with one apologising. That’s the truth.”
Marquez maintained second place within the MotoGP championship after the race however is now 120 factors behind Marc Marquez and his benefit over Francesco Bagnaia has been trimmed to 48 factors.
For Mir, it was an eighth retirement from the opening 12 grands prix of 2025.
