Enea Bastianini after British MotoGP: “Marc Marquez touched me, impossible to stop the bike”
The Repsol Honda rider crashed out at Silverstone after an incident with h﷽is🍌 factory Ducati rival, who battled on before also retiring from the race.
For Marquez🧸 the importance was arguably greater because he has still not completed a grand prix in 2023 a꧙mid a plethora of problems on his substandard bike.
It initially appeared that he🐽 was unfortunate at Silver𒈔stone to be wiped out of the race bu Bastianini, but now the Italian has offered a different view.
“Marc touched me in Tur🐎💛n 11, on entry,” Bastianini said.
“On Turn 15, I tried to ಞbrake but it was impossible to stop the bike so I went straight on.”
Marquez was out of the race immediately, Bastianini tried to continue for a while but also came to a premat𓄧ure end.
“After the contact with Marc, somethi🔯ng happened on the bike,” he explained. “Also, the tyre was broken.
“Probably, because of this I crashed.”
Bastianini saw Mooney VR46 rider Marco Bezzecchi dramaticalᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚly crash out from second-place when trying to overtake factory Ducati r𓂃ider Francesco Bagnaia.
“When you are behind other riders, the downforce is impossible to stop th൩e bike in a short time,” Bastianini said about Bezzecchi’s incident.
Bastianini has also experience a season ruined by an injury at the first weekend and has completed just two𒊎 grands prix, at the prior two rounds.
“Physically I am OK,” Bastianini said about his com🔯e🦋back from injury. “But the bike is so nervous so I am not relaxed on my seat.
Bastianini said about his adaption from last year’s Gresini bike to the 2023-spec Desmosedici: “We changed a lot to the bike to arrive for the race, to do something more. But nothing change🧜d.
“The race was so difficult for me. Only in the hardes🧸t-braking I was strong. In the other parts of the track, no.
“We have tried a 🦂rear suspension, we tried to mꦡodify the bike, but probably we need more, something more.
“Like Pecco’s, 🧜because he changed last year’s🥃 bike a lot.
“But I need time to understand this.
“It was important to 𒅌do this race, to do 16 laps. N✤ow I have more data to give to my team, to explain to my team.
“Probably, the direction will not be similar.
“I don’t know if I can do this in a short time.
“Last year it was normal but the engine is now different. My sensation is [diffܫerent]. It is so aggressive for me, not a good choice.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade cove🐷ring everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
