93 MARC MARQUEZ
DNF MOTOGP
"It has been a very hard weekend for
MotoGP, we have lost a young talent, a
young rider inside the paddock," Mar-
quez said. "This situa on is very hard
for everyone, and we wish everyone
close to Jason all the best. Unfortu-
nately, we finished the race much
earlier than we were expec ng, and it
was really not a good situa on because
I need laps on the bike. I had con-
tact with Brad Binder, it was a racing
incident, and this happens many mes
here at this track. I thought that Binder
was further back and in the change of
direc on, we touched, it was my mis-
take. Luckily no one else fell. Now we
prepare for Catalunya a er this difficult
weekend for the MotoGP family."
MYOWNRACE
44 POL ESPARGARO
11TH MOTOGP
"Today our results are not the focus, the
most important thing is thinking of Ja-
son and his family," Pol Espargaro said.
"Today we all had him in our hearts and
minds when we raced. My race was dif-
ficult today, the start was okay and I was
behind Taka. Then something happened
with the wing and I lost it, which made
it very complicated. I was losing a lot of
aerodynamics, changing direc on was
very hard and the bike was not behav-
ing. This happened on lap four or five so
it was difficult."
Oliveira and Mir battled it out
for the final podium place, with
Oliveira taking second and Mir
third. There was confusion in Parc
Ferme as Oliveira was first de-
moted to third for exceeding track
limits, promoting Mir to second.
Then, Mir was docked the posi-
tion for exceeding track limits,
putting Oliveira back into sec-
ond—back to the same positions
they crossed the line in.
Fourth went to Zarco after Rins
crashed out on the final corner
with a handful of laps remaining,
from Brad Binder, who made it
two KTM's in the top five.
Rounding out the top 10 was
Jack Miller (Ducati), Aleix Espar-
garo (Aprilia), Maverick Vinales
(Yamaha), Danilo Petrucci (KTM)
and Valentino Rossi (Yamaha).
Marc Marquez crashed out on
lap two, as did Bagnaia, while
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(Above) Marquez was out on lap two following contact with Brad
Binder. (Left) Johann Zarco (5) used the speed of the Ducati to
trouble Quartararo down the straight but once his compatriot found a
way through and broke the slipstream, there was no catching him.
