VOLUME ISSUE JUNE , P77
MARQUEZ MAROONED
Marc Marquez's Saturday was symbolic
of how badly his and HRC's season has
gone. The former champ was forced
to ride within himself due to a cracked
rib suffered at the German GP. His
17th place in the Sprint spoke of how
uncompetitive he is. "This this week-
end I set up the electronics to be safe,
to ride in a safe mode. I didn't race in
Sachsenring because I was not feeling
well. I feel pain. And after four days, we
are again on the bike. So the body in
four days, yeah recover a little bit, but
still it's painful. And especially as I say
the rib. So yeah, I feel big limitations
there. So, I cannot go for anything this
weekend." He pulled out of the remain-
der of the event on Sunday morning.
MILLER CLARIFIES
COMMENTS
Jack Miller clarified some outspoken
comments made after the German GP
in which he implored certain riders not
to be "a princess and complain about
your bike." The Australian lamented
the headlines his quotes caused, call-
ing it "a lot of clickbait and bullshit…
The majority of people weren't there at
the media debrief so they don't even
know what was actually said, then you
clickbaited and put on spray like this.
At the end of the day I just want the
health of the championship to better, I
want guys to get on with their job and
that's all it is."
FABIO CROCKED
When your luck's out, it's out. Fabio
Quartararo rocked up at Assen with a
broken big toe on his left foot after a
running accident in Amsterdam in the
days before the Dutch TT. "I crashed
running! I twisted my ankle, twisted
my toe. I had a full crash! I was run-
ning and was just something like that
and I hit," he said.
Briefly...
Quartararo thus punched through for third but there was
no stopping Bezzecchi who romped home 1.2 seconds up on
Bagnaia and Quartararo a further 0.6 seconds behind in third.
Aleix Espargaro also benefited from Binder's mistake to be
promoted to fourth from Binder himself in fifth, Jorge Martin
(Prima Pramac Ducati), Maverick Vinales (Aprilia Racing),
Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team), Alex Marquez (Gresini
Ducati) and Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Ducati).
