Explained: The cause of Jerez crashes - including Marc Marquez ‘heartbreak’
“The best riders in ൲the world crashing through꧑ events that are outside of their control.”
Damp patches that momentarily dry out then return to the track surface - known as weepers - were the cause of multiple crashes in the Spanish MotoGP sprint race.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez crashed ou♑t of the lead in Jerez, while Maverick Vinales and Francesco Bagnaia were among nine rider🎐s to fail to finish.
Jorge Martin won the sprin🍨t and extended his championship lead but, ahead of Sunday’s grand prix, the state of the track was criticised.
Michael Laverty said on TNT Sports: “The Angel Nieto corner, lik༺e Turn 5, has a weeper there, since 2013. They have resurfaced it twice sꦕince then.
“I fe𒐪lt for Ma🥂rc. He had done everything correctly.
“These crashes aren’t really a rider error.
“You are hanging down the outside. You can’t seeไ ﷽the damp patch.
“Perhꦏaps on that lap, at Turn 8, it had a weep through the surface. Heartbreak.
“The🅰y are so small. You know they are there, so you treat it with caution. But you can🐻’t see it on a bike.”
Marquez’s crew chief Frankie Carched🦋i said: “Box is very positive. In these conditions it’s easy to touch a wet patch (majority of crashes today). The speed is there which is the most important!”
Sylvain Guintoli sa✱id on TNT Sports: “From the aerial view you can see that, on the inside, it is dry. That’s what Marc us🌊ed to pass Binder, to pass Martin and Oliveira.
“The little patch, on the corner exit as you’re back on the throttle, and you don’t expect 𒆙it.
“It’s like Mario Kart. Traps that are thrown at you, as you’rꦆe riding. That’s not ideal.
“Yo꧋u’d expect track conditions to improve. Not water thrown into random places.”
Laverty said: “The best riders in the world crashing through events that are outsid♐e of their control.”
He explained about the damp patches on the track: “The riders know that the𒆙y are there. They are precarious. The tyres go over i🔯t, they get grippier.
“All of a sudden, conditions change. A temperature shift or a humi▨dity shift.
“Theꦛ water gets sucked up to the surface again. The weepers rise to the surface.
“The conditions changed momentarily.”
Guintoli said: “It’s not good enough. The track needs to be sorted. These are not conditions that💮 the ride🎃rs want to race in.
“I know it was a crazy race. But it’s not on.
“The cond🍎itions change, the water seeps to the surface.
“So, you thi⛄nk you are a🧸lright, you think the patches are drying. Step by step you increase your pace.
“That’s why we saw those three crashes together at Tur🎃n 5. Clearly, the water came back.”
'Extraordinary to crash from lead, twice in a row'
Marquez qual♋ified on pole position for the fඣirst time on a Ducati.
Laverty assessed his race: “Brad🧜 Binder led into Turn 1, it changed the whole dynami💖c.
“Mar💝tin made his way through. Then Marc came into play.
“Marc wasted no time today. At any moment, if there was a litt𓆏le gap, he’d 🔯just stick it up the inside.
“It was🍒 game on. They were taking a few risks in areas where they could push. Marc was on the offensive.
“I was impressed with Marc’s push. Lap on lap he was taking three tenths o�🐲�ut of Martin.
“Joꦦrge saw the gap, pushed𓂃 into Turn 7, let go at the apex, drifts to exit. Then Marc had an opportunity.
“He rolls around the outside of Jorge’s rear wheel, sets it up on🍸 the run-out of Turn 8, wastes no time. Straight up the inside.
🦩“From there, I was like ‘this is Marc’s day, the stars 🎉are aligning and pole position is being converted into a tricky win’.
“Unfortunately, another damp patch.
“Heartbreak. Extraordinary to crash out of the lead, two races in 💛a row.”
Ma🦩rquez picked up his Gresini Ducati out of the gravel, to finis♔h P7.
Guintoli analysed his comeback: “He 🍬was super aggressive. A little too aggressive.
“The pass was never on [against Joan Mir] so he g☂ot a penalty and dropped one plac♑e. “Fortunately Joan did not crash.
“He✃ was coming from 🐎too far. There was absolutely no room. Deserved penalty.
“In Turn 9, he tried to squeeze Miguel ♍Oliꦑveira, coming from far.
“Marc was angry after thatᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ crash. He did some desperate moves.
“He almost scored a point, though…”
James was a sports journalist at Sky 💜Sports for a decade covering everything from American s🍬ports, to football, to F1.
