Why did Marc Marquez wave Fabio di Giannantonio past in the Dutch MotoGP?
“We saw both𝐆 - Di Giannantonio and Marquez - blatantly not want to lead th𝓀e pack"

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez raised eyebrows by seemingly gesturing for Fabio di Giannantonio to overtake him in the Dutch MotoGP.
The Gresini rider apparently yielded position on Lap 8 at Assen, as they🍸 jockeyed for a podium finish.
Gresini’s Marquez crossed the finish line in fourth♛, and VR46’s Di Giannantonio fifth, in the grand prix won by factory Ducati rider Pecco Bagnaia.
Marquez was later hit with a 16-second 𒅌time penalty for breaching tyre pressure. He dropped from fourth to 10th.
TNT Sports’ Sylvain Gui🦂ntoli believes Marquez waved Di Giannantonio past in an ultimately futile attempt to avoid a tyre pressure penalty.
“Very likely. T♓o me, it’s what it looks l🦹ike,” he said.
“It’s the firꦚst time we’ve seen a rider make an obvious move to try to be behind somebody.
“If we explain that v🔜ery quickly: riders and teams have minimum front tyre pressure that they have to respect. They can’t be under 1.8 bars during 40% of the race.
“They💞 also have warnings on the dashboard if they h💟ave not completed enough laps above that threshold.
“The way to make the ✱front tyre go up in pressure is to be follo🅺wing somebody.
“Because that guy will take the clean air from you𓄧, and you will get the hot air from his bike.
“Therefore your tempera𓆏ture and pressure inside the front tyre will go up.
“We saw both - Di 🌠Giannantonio and Marquez - blatantly not want to lead the pack.
“This would suggest that this was the issue…
“If they wer🌠e doing that, it means they were reꦍally on the limit.”
Michael Laverty said abo✅ut Marquez: “He was hoping to hang onto the GP2💮4 Ducatis.
“The gap opened up and he had✤ to get creative to keep his tyre in that range.”
Marquez is now 51 points behind championship leader Jorge Martin, who finished se🔯cond behind Bagnaia in the Dutch MotoGP.

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