The FIM MotoGP Stewards have introduced ‘no additional motion’ following the dramatic conflict between reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia and Alex Marquez within the closing phases of Sunday’s Aragon Grand Prix.
Bagnaia, recovering from one other poor begin, tried to move the Spaniard when he ran huge into the left-hand Flip 12 with simply over 5 laps to go.
The Italian was narrowly in entrance, on the racing line, as he turned throughout the entrance of the Gresini rider into the next right-hander.
However Marquez discovered himself trapped on the within and clipped the again of the purple machine, sending riders and bikes bouncing by way of the gravel.
Bagnaia was caught below Marquez’s machine as they tumbled earlier than each fortuitously walked away.
The incident was instantly put below investigation by the FIM Stewards, who then spoke to each riders individually after the race.
On Sunday night, the Stewards introduced their choice of ‘no additional motion’ by explaining:
‘The incident between Bagnaia #1 and Marquez #73 on Lap 18 at Flip 13 was positioned below investigation and reviewed after the Race.
‘The FIM MotoGP Stewards interviewed each riders and heard the reason of the incident from each of their views, and as effectively reviewed a number of broadcast and different accessible picture sources and machine information.
‘Throughout the listening to each riders defined that the grip ranges off of the racing line had been tough, and within the Stewards opinion these had been a contributing issue on this case of the riders capability to have decisions to keep away from contact.
‘The conclusion of the FIM MotoGP Stewards after taking all factors into consideration, and with no conclusive evidential issue, is that neither rider was decided to be predominantly answerable for the incident.’
Alex’s team-mate and brother Marc Marquez received the race, with runner-up Jorge Martin now taking a 23-point lead over Bagnaia into subsequent weekend’s Misano spherical.
