Alex Marquez has warned Fabio Di Giantantonio to be “careful” as aggressive moves like Marc Marquez’s at the Dutch Grand Prix will always have consequences.
VR46 Racing By Giantantonio The owner of the team and the consultant echoed Valentino Rossi When the Assen Ducati rider passed by on Sunday Mark Marquez Into the final chicane as they fight for P4. It was the latest clash in a long-standing rivalry between Italy and Spain.
Di Giannantonio and Marc Marquez did not enter, and in fact there was no love on the 20th of the 26 laps. Dutch GP When the former carries too much speed to the right hand. He made the Spaniard take his bike and run it through the gravel so it wouldn’t break.
After forcing Marquez off the line, the referees penalized Di Giannantonio for a long lap, for not taking the corner himself. But he put the long thigh VR46 Star directly behind the packaging Ducati Man, and it didn’t take long for him to try the move again.
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Second time worked the charm for Di Giannantonio, as he made sure to brake for Turn 16 a little earlier than before, while Marc Marquez had to back off via a flip-flop to avoid a collision at L25. Di Giannantonio also passed Alex Marquez For P4 on the last lap.
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With Gresini Racing’s Alex Marquez behind them, Di Giannantonio had a great view of the track in his first attempt to overtake his older brother Marc. Alex didn’t feel the move was “appropriate”, and warned Di Giannantonio that there would “always” be consequences.
Alex Marquez said through quotes Engine script: “I don’t think it’s appropriate to make that kind of move at that stage of the race. There’s still five laps to go, that kind of move is what you do in the last corner of the last lap when you push.
“You have to be careful in racing because when you throw a boomerang like that, it always comes back.”
D’Giantantonio’s passing echoed Rossi’s move at Assen in 2015 by Marc Marquez.Although the roles are reversed. It was then that Marquez tried to make a late move into the final chicane, but Rossi refused to give up and raced out on gravel to win the race.
As Alex Marquez pointed out, however, the type of pass that Di Giantantonio attempted was a last-lap lunge similar to the one his brother Marc attempted on Rossi 11 years ago. Had Rossi not seen Mark coming and used the gravel trap, the Spanish diver might have made it.
Another similarity between the last two chicane events at Assen, 11 years apart, is that Marc Marquez was worse both times. Losing track time to cross the final chicane on Sunday, Mark fell behind Alex and could come back ahead of his brother.
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