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The six-time world champion suffered a violent highside within the closing levels of Sunday’s warm-up session at Flip 7 and landed closely on his left facet.
Marquez received his ft dazed and was taken to a neighborhood hospital for precautionary checks, the place it was discovered he’d suffered a concussion and was subsequently declared unfit to race.
He struggled all weekend on his RC213V, crashing twice in Q1 and struggling many rear-end moments throughout the session.
Michelin’s resolution to convey a stiffer building rear tyre to fight Indonesia’s excessive warmth brought on Honda to have severe rear grip issues, with Pol Espargaro fearful he wouldn’t have been in a position to end a dry Mandalika GP as a result of pressure being positioned on the entrance tyre.
Talking forward of Sunday’s weather-delayed race, Puig advised motogp.com: “Marc had these three crashes and we now have to attempt to perceive why, as a result of his crash from immediately was brutal.
“Actually talking we have to analyse. They [Michelin] introduced right here a special tyre and we now have to know all the pieces, and at this second it’s tough.
“Our rider crashed and we wish to perceive, so I don’t assume I may give you any exact information.
“Lastly, he had an enormous crash and we determined it was not right beneath the circumstance after this concussion within the head to convey him to the monitor.”
Espargaro ended the moist Indonesian race in 12th and was the highest Honda rider throughout the road.
When requested about Marquez’s crash, Espargaro mentioned it was “fortunate” he escaped harm – however that it could have been one thing attributable to “an exterior accomplice’s dangerous selection”.
“Yeah, I imply this was our scenario all of the weekend,” Espargaro started.
“Once we have been complaining about Michelin, throughout all of the weekend it’s not as a result of we wish to complain about Michelin.
“It’s as a result of we have been going through severe issues about entrance tyre consumption via the race.
“We weren’t in a position to end the race as a result of the consumption on the entrance tyre was too excessive, and the rear was locking on the corners to all of the riders all of the weekend.
“So, after we complain it’s as a result of we really feel actually that we now have an issue and eventually from being quick and secure on the check, we have been sluggish and I believe immediately Marc was fortunate to not get injured, and if he did get injured this could be a consequence of an exterior accomplice’s dangerous selection this weekend.”
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