
Jorge Martin was left fuming after Marc Marquez “destroyed my race” yet again at the Portuguese MotoGP round.
The Repsol Honda rider outbraked himself at Turn 3 of the Portimao circuit and smashed into Miguel Oliveira, with both now ruled out of this weekend’s Argentina round due to injury.
Martin was also a victim of the incident and it was contact with him which caused Marquez, who had been following the third-placed Pramac Ducati, to lose control before taking out the second-placed RNF Aprilia.
Unlike Marquez and Oliveira, he expects to race at Termas de Rio Hondo in coming days, despite suffering a broken toe and probable ankle injury.
However, Martin plummeted to 16th due to a combination of the initial hit and then having to run wide to avoid further carnage.
Marquez was issued a Double Long Lap Penalty as punishment although he will never serve it because the Notification of Sanction stipulated that it be taken in Argentina.
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“In the briefing, they say, ‘If you keep doing things, you will get a stronger penalty,’” said Martin.
“He keeps doing things, no? He needs a stronger penalty.
“But we know it’s Marc and they will do nothing.”
Aleix Espargaro said post-race, before Marquez’s injury-enforced absence from Argentina was confirmed, that he should have been banned for at least a race.
“For me, they have to ban him for one race, minimum,” asserted the Aprilia rider.
“Like Takaaki Nakagami in Barcelona [should have been].
“I don’t make the rules. I just hope Miguel is good. The speed he was hit at can destroy your knee.
“Brad [Smith] hit my knee and I had pain for one year, so I hope Miguel is okay.”
For Martin, it was hardly his first run-in with Marquez, either in his career or the aforementioned race.
“It’s not the first time he has destroyed my race,” noted the Pramac rider, having been collected by #93 at Silverstone in 2021.
“Maybe in the future he can manage to avoid me. Or Race Direction can do something.
“I have never destroyed a race for him, or injured him.
“It’s already the second time. I hope he can improve.”
At Portimao, his race was nearly over on Lap 1 when Marquez had a big dive at Turn 3.
“Already on the first lap he was too enthusiastic because he lost the front,” recalled Martin.
“I was in first position, I had to pick up the bike so I didn’t crash.
“Then, we had a small impact but I was in front so I couldn’t see.
“The second time, I received a big impact. I tried to avoid the crash. He was too enthusiastic, for the second time in a row.”
Martin would also be a DNF in the Portugal Grand Prix race, crashing on his own just after clawing his way back into the top 10.













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