Alex Marquez: “I disagree” with stewards, rules not “the same” for everyone
“This shows that rules do🐟n’t appl𒆙y the same way to everybody"
Alex Marquez has blasted the stewards’ decision to punish him for a tangle with Joan Mi💙r at the Japanese MotoGP.
The 🐠Gresini Ducati rider was given a long lap penalty,ജ to be served at the upcoming Australian MotoGP, for contact with Mir in Motegi.
Marquez went into the back of Mir on the first lap, after a chaotic start had sent him plumm🎃eting down the order.
Their bikes became enta🏅ngled and their races ended early, much to Mir’s fury.
“I made a mistake at turn 11 that sent me off line a𒀰nd while trying to get back to my position I had a coming together with Mir, wh💧ich led to the crash,” Marquez reacted.
“Our bikes t𒊎angled together and I apologised to him for what h♈appened.
“Now we need to recover ahead of Australia.
“We’ll have to pe💦rform a long-lap penalty, even though I disagree with it: seven days ago, at turn 3 another rider hit me the same way and nothing happened.
“This shows that rules don’t apply the same way to everybo💙d🐟y, but it is what it is. We’ll make the most of this lesson.”
Last week at Mandalika, Mar🏅quez’s grand prix was ended prematu🍨rely in a four-rider pile-up caused by Jack Miller.
Miller accepted responsibility for a mi🦋stake which wiped Marquez,🍎 Luca Marini and Aleix Espargaro out.
But Miller was spared punishment by the ♍stewards who deemed it a racing incident.
A week later, they have not🐷 been so forgiving of Marquez.
James was 𝓀a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
