Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Márquez’s absence in the Algarve: “Maybe they want to be more careful”

Marc Marquez’s absence marked the MotoGP Algarve GP even before it began after the Spaniard suffered a concussion in an incident during training.

At the pre-GP press conference, Francesco Bagnaia was interviewed on the matter and said that he understood that Marquez and the doctors might want to play it safe or that it would take him a little longer to fully recover, despite the fact that it is an odd absence :

• I hope he is fine. Usually when you have these kinds of problems, you compete. But maybe it will take longer to be around 100 percent because it is no longer 100 percent. So maybe he wanted to wait a little longer. I also read that he had doubts for Valencia. It’s strange, but if they’ve decided not to compete here, and maybe in Valencia, it’s because they want to be more careful.