Alex Marquez says he was “simply making an attempt to calculate the transfer for the following lap” when he crashed at flip 12 and took down Joan Mir within the Czech MotoGP at Brno.
Marquez, who certified eighth, was making an attempt 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 skin, it appeared like a failed overtake try, however the Gresini Racing rider defined after the race that he was making an attempt to guage the go with a view to executing it on the following lap.
“If you do a mistake, it’s essential settle for every part,” Alex Marquez advised MotoGP.com after the race in Czechia.
“I used to be simply making an attempt to calculate the transfer for the following lap, so I used to be making an attempt to go half-way.
“I went too deep and I misplaced the entrance, inflicting his crash.
“I’m sorry to him and his workforce.
“We created that scenario by a mistake in qualifying, ranging from the again.
“It is a weekend which should give us expertise for the long run. After we begin on the again, we must be calm.
“It’s true that we aren’t used to ranging from the again positions. At this time I didn’t [do things] in the appropriate moments.
“Sorry. We have to transfer on, and are available again in Austria in a greater approach.”
Joan Mir: “4 or 5 occasions somebody touched me”
Joan Mir
Regardless of the intention of Marquez’s transfer to the within on lap two, it meant the tip of the race for Joan Mir, whose Dash on Saturday was ruined on the primary lap when he ran lengthy making an attempt 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 advised MotoGP.com.
“However in that lap, 4 or 5 occasions, somebody touched me from behind. However they weren’t in a position to make a transfer.
“Then, in that chicane, I felt a motorcycle 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 purpose.
“Ultimately, it completed with one apologising. That’s the fact.”
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.
