Ducati: Bagnaia-Marc Marquez contact, Tardozzi in no uncertain terms

Ducati: Bagnaia-Marc Marquez contact, Tardozzi in no uncertain terms

Poisonous tail for the sprint race of the French Grand Prix in Le Mans. Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi to Sky commented on the contact during the duel between Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez, which provoked a testy gesture from the world champion toward the Catalan rider.

Tardozzi referred to the instructions given Friday to the riders at the Safety Commission, in which it had been said that if there is contact when overtaking, the position should be returned. “If the yardstick is the one given in Jerez, then Marquez had to be penalized or give up the position. If you say that’s the rule, and then you don’t enforce it, that’s not good, that’s the first thing Pecco said when he got off the bike,” are Tardozzi’s words. Bagnaia had been penalized in Jerez for a similar contact.