Honda and Marc Marquez have shown their faces after their accident in Portimao in which they touched Jorge Martin and sent to the ground Miguel Oliveira. The pilot apologized, also to the public. His team has explained the reason for the accident.
Albert PuigHonda’s manager, spoke about the front tyre: “He started with the hard tire in front, the tire was not up to temperature, he braked, he locked in front and when he released the brake, logically these bikes with the inertia they carry and what they weigh, It has been thrown and has not been able to avoid the collision”.
“It was not his intention to advancebut of course, when he ‘locks’ the front wheel it’s complicated and that’s what has happened”, details Puig in statements to ‘DAZN’.
And he insists that “it shot out”: “The motorcycle shoots out and it’s impossible to stop. But it wasn’t the intention because I wasn’t too far away to overtake, but this is what happened.”
“These things happen. The wheels lock up. Probably the tire would not be up to temperature yet, because it was the hard tire and this can happen. The pity is that it has happened, there is another driver involved and we want to apologize in front of Aprilia and in front of Oliveira because it was not Marc’s intention at all”, explains the Honda boss again.
