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MotoGP, VIDEO - Marc Marquez wipes out Oliveira

Marc was behind Martín and Oliveira, but a mistake in braking caused him to violently hit Miguel, making Jorge go wide. The dynamics have to be analyzed. Marquez spoke of a technical problem.

MotoGP: VIDEO - Marc Marquez wipes out Oliveira

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What happened today in Portimão is undoubtedly a cause for discussion. Marc Marquez has become part of a very controversial episode. In the early stages of the race, Marc was in 4th position behind Bagnaia, Oliveira, and Martín, who preceded him in this order. 

The images show Marc side by side with Martìn in braking, He then hit him, and didn’t slow down enough to avoid Oliveira, who preceded them. The result was a very violent impact between Marc and the Portuguese rider, which resulted in Miguel being taken to the medical center. Martìn instead saw his hopes of doing well in the race fade away, because he was forced to really widen his trajectory and watch almost the entire group pass him, as it continued to be compact from the beginning of the race. 

Both Massimo Rivola and Claudio Domenicali spoke very harshly to Marc Marquez about this episode, but we must emphasize that the Spanish rider, while apologizing to the RNF garage for what happened, mentioned a technical problem to the bike. Looking carefully at the video, it looks like Marc hit Martin with his left handlebar and, therefore, with the clutch. This caused Marc to lose control of the bike and hit Oliveira, who had been doing great in the race up to that point. 

These are the images of the accident. You be the judge!

Translated by Leila Myftija
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