During the Dutch MotoGP, Marc Márquez (Gresini/Ducati) was fighting for third place when he collided with Enea Bastianini (Ducati), forcing him off the track. This incident had significant consequences: the front tyre pressure dropped, and Márquez couldn’t meet the minimum values, resulting in a penalty.
The Spanish rider, who ultimately finished tenth, admitted that he expected his rival to be penalized for the incident, considering the nature of the overtake:
– Honestly speaking I expected Enea dropping one position, because if you overtook a rider with a contact and this rider went out of the track, I expect dropping one position – not a big penalty, but dropping one position and come back. But he didn’t receive the penalty and I received the penalty for the tyre pressure. But rules are rules, I agree.
Márquez also emphasized that the data showed a drop in his front tyre pressure following the incident: ‘The only fact that it took time to stewards, we were speaking and I was in the race direction was because they have the data and they saw that my tyre pressure dropped after the contact with Enea’.