Marquez accepts Martin COTA MotoGP clash as “a closed thing”
Pramac Ducati’s Martin ran wide at Turn 2 on the opening lap and tried to recover ground into Turn 3 when he lost the front-end and wiped out Marquez. Marquez was taken to the medical centre for checks on his knee after he got stuck between both stricken Ducatis and hit the wall, but was cleared of any serious injury. Though conceding he is “angry” at the missed opportunity brought about by the crash, he accept ed Martin’s apology and feels the tangle was no thing more than a racing incident. “[I hurt my] knee, because my leg was between both bikes and it was difficult,” said Marquez, who also crashed out of the sprint race in America because he vomited in his helmet. “I stayed until the wall, and I touched the wall also. It was not an easy crash, but I’m angry because we lost many points. “It was a good opportunity, but it’s a little bit strange to have the best performance of the season here and get zero points, and in Portimao and Argentina we were not really good and go...