Marquez worn out RNF Aprilia rider Oliveira on the third lap of Sunday’s grand prix on the Algarve Worldwide Circuit when he misjudged his braking and touched Pramac’s Jorge Martin.
The incident took each Marquez and Oliveira out of the race, left the latter with bruising on his proper aspect and has probably prompted a fracture within the Honda rider’s proper hand.
Marquez has been given a double long lap penalty for subsequent week’s Argentina GP, however Espargaro feels that punishment just isn’t robust sufficient.
“For me, they should ban him for one race, minimal, like they [should have] with [Takaaki] Nakagami in Barcelona [last year],” Espargaro mentioned when requested for his opinion on the incident.
“For me, it’s ridiculous. I hope, however I don’t care, I don’t put the foundations.
“I hope Miguel is sweet as a result of the velocity he hit Miguel you may destroy the knee, I do know as a result of Bradley Smith hit me in Barcelona [a few years ago] and he broke my knee. I had lots of ache for one 12 months.”
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Group, Miguel Oliveira, RNF MotoGP Racing
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Race path has as soon as once more come underneath scrutiny this weekend for the way it has judged a number of incidents on monitor.
After a collision with Fabio Quartararo in Saturday’s dash, Joan Mir was handed a protracted lap penalty for the grand prix.
Nevertheless, Espargaro feels the actual fact Alex Marquez wasn’t equally punished for making contact along with his Aprilia team-mate Maverick Vinales within the dash is highlighting main inconsistencies within the stewarding course of.
“There’s one factor that I don’t perceive: We now have a million cameras on the bike,” he added.
“I all the time say to Dorna I don’t need anymore due to the load, however I’ve three or 4 cameras on my bike. Why can they not see these cameras and analyse them? It’s not that troublesome.
“We aren’t 100 riders, we’re 20. It’s nearly to repeat the whole lot. For me, the motion between Mir and Fabio and Alex Marquez and Maverick have been precisely the identical, however Joan crashed and Alex didn’t crashed.
“However Maverick yesterday misplaced 5 locations, eight locations.
“Why did Joan get a penalty and Alex not? I’m not saying Joan wants a penalty, however should you give a penalty to Joan, it’s essential to give it to Alex.”
Miguel Oliveira, RNF MotoGP Racing, Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Group crash
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Espargaro additionally famous that the aggression ranges on monitor this weekend have left a number of riders with accidents and that “we can’t proceed like this”.
“Sincerely, it’s first race and now we have lots of riders within the hospital. We can’t proceed like this,” Espargaro, whose brother Pol was hospitalised after a observe crash with a number of fractures, mentioned.
“However this isn’t about race path, groups. That is in regards to the riders. If there’s a final lap, you may be aggressive, you may contact one other, it’s okay. However come on, it’s race one and now we have 4 riders within the hospital.”