Qatar Grand Prix winner Marc Marquez has admitted responsibility for the incident with his younger brother Alex as the pair exited the first corner in Sunday’s race.
Poleman Marc claimed the lead into the first corner but cut across the front of Alex at unexpectedly low speed as the pair exited the right-hander. This resulted in contact and light bodywork damage to both Ducatis.
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“I tried to speak to Fabio [after the race], but [his team] said to me that it was not the [right] moment. I understand.”
Despite consistent speed, di Giannantonio has lost points and positions more than once already this year due to coming off second-best in brushes with other riders – including team-mate Morbidelli.
“The goal today was to fight with Marc,” said a frustrated di Giannantonio. “We were ready. I was quite clearly in front of Alex and I got hit quite hard. It was a mistake, but at MotoGP world championship level I have to say that these kinds of mistakes are a bit on the limit.
“You can accept it in Moto3, you can maybe accept it in Moto2, you can accept it maybe from a MotoGP rookie… but at our level we must avoid this kind of situation. That manoeuvre really put me in danger. If I crashed, I don’t know if I would be here speaking to you now – I might be in the medical centre.”
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