MotoGP title rivals ask organisers not to host season finale in flood-hit Valencia

Márquez, Martín and Bagnaia ask for change in venue
Valencia v Real Madrid La Liga fixture postponed

MotoGP riders on Thursday said it would be unethical to stage the season’s final race in Valencia, with the six-times champion Marc Márquez saying funds needed to go to people devastated by floods instead of being spent on repairs for the event. At least 140 people have been killed in flooding.

“Ethically speaking, I don’t think it should be held,” Gresini Racing’s Márquez said of the race scheduled for 17 November. “Now [the organisers] have to meet and decide, but [if it were up to me] I would have already decided.

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