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Bagnaia “angry” after Marquez Portugal MotoGP clash, accepts racing incident verdict
The reigning double world champion and the eight-time title winner collided on lap 23 of 25 in Sunday’s grand prix at the Algarve International Circuit while battling over fifth place. Marquez threw his Gresini Ducati up the inside of Bagnaia at the Turn 5 left-hander, but ran slightly wide. As he tried to cut back to the racing line, Bagnaia moved to try to retake the position on the inside and the pair connected. Both crashed and failed to score, but the stewards elected to take no further action following an investigation. Bagnaia accepts this verdict, but admitted to his frustration at tallying up a non-score in the second round of the season just as he did last year when he slid out of second in the Argentina GP. Bagnaia, who is now 23 points adrift of Portugal GP winner Jorge Martin, added: “It makes me angry because I finished with zero points.” Last year in the second race I did the same [in Argentina], finished with zero points from my mistake. “This year for a racing incident. We know perfectly with 38 races still, the championship is very long.” Before the crash, Bagnaia was quickly cast adrift of the podium battle and explained that he struggled for grip in the left-handers of Turns 4 and 5, losing around 0.2s per lap in both corners.
