In the 15th round of the MotoGP, the Aragon GP, which was the first race of the three consecutive races, Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda Team) collided with Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) at the 3rd corner of the opening lap, causing Quartararo to fall and crash into the machine. Marquez, who had a problem, later collided with Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda IDEMITSU) at the 7th corner, and Nakagami fell and retired. Marquez returned to the pits and retired.
Marc Márquez showed great performance in free practice and qualifying, but due to a crash in FP3, he had to qualify from Q1 and start the race from 13th on the grid. However, Marc Márquez, who got off to a great start from the fifth row, moved up to sixth in the first corner. He was chasing the top five, but his rear end slid slightly coming out of Turn 3, forcing him to loosen the throttle for a moment when Fabio Quartararo, who was behind him, hit the rear of Marquez’s RC213V and crashed. did.
Marc Márquez’s machine was also damaged by this impact, and Marc Márquez felt something strange between the 7th and 8th corners and slowed down. did.
Due to this accident, Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) and other riders in the rear tried to avoid the danger, and Marc Márquez returned to the pit following the first lap and decided to retire.
In this way, two Hondas retired on the opening lap, but Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol), who challenged the race from 17th in qualifying, finished in 12th, and Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) was Takaaki Nakagami. Although he fell behind a lot to avoid falling, he finished in 15th place. The two Honda riders who finished the race scored points.
It was a disappointing result for the Honda squad, but they changed their minds and headed to Japan, where they will be competing in a series of races.
Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol)
“Today I made a mistake during the warm-up and had a big crash. Even an hour before the start, I was still not sure if I would be able to race, but the team did a great job and my machine was ready for the race. You fixed it and I want to thank you.It wasn’t easy.In the race I tried hard to get a position from the beginning.I pushed 100% from the beginning and in front of my hometown fans. I tried to have fun, it wasn’t a bad race, but it’s not what I thought it would be, so we have to keep moving forward.”
Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team)
“Today was a very tough race. Here was the carbon fiber.I lost time trying to avoid Taka (Nakagami) who fell and it was hard to catch up.Tonight I’m back home and tomorrow I’m heading to Japan.For the Japanese Grand Prix. I’m going to change my mind. I’m looking forward to seeing my Japanese fans once more.”
Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team)
“When the lights went out, my instinct kicked in and I got off to a really good start, and I was able to battle for the top five. The problem was that Fabio was right behind me at the time, it’s normal to be so close in the early part of the race and when I turned the car around I had the misfortune of colliding with Fabio. It all started with a strange feeling in turn 5, I didn’t know what was going on, then in turn 7 Nakagami overtook me and got me hooked, and then I activated the rear device. I tried and it felt like the rear locked up and then everything happened at once.The rear seemed to lock up and the car went left and I made contact with the hawk.After this contact I went back to the pits. I have decided to retire.It is my fault that his race is over so I apologized to Taka and his team.Today I want to apologize to him and Fabio.”
LCR Honda IDEMITSU
“Unfortunately, we were unlucky today. I had a good start, but on the first lap I had an accident. I collided with Marc and crashed. I will check the scars on my ring finger and pinky finger on my right hand.I really appreciate the support from the fans.I will do my best to recover so that I can participate in my home GP in Japan.”
