No further action taken against Marquez for Rins baulk - WATCH
No further action will be taken towards Marc Marquez for seemingly blocking Suzuki’s Alex Rins during the final minutes of the Spanish MotoGP FP3 session at Jerez.
The six-time MotoGP World Champion wasn’t on a fast lap when he was caught by Rins at Turn 8, who was bidding to get into the top ten for an automatic route into Q2. Pulling out to pass on the racing line at Turn 9, instead Marquez swept back across him forcing Rins to sit up.
A bit of argy-bargy between Marc Márquez and Álex Rins
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You wouldn't exactly call these two good friends, and the Suzuki man seems unhappy with the World Champion...
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With an angry Rins making his feelings very clear as he threw his arm up in the air, it meant he’d be left in 12th overall and forced to head for Q1 instead. Marquez, meanwhile, was fourth fastest.
However, though the incident was investigated by the stewards they elected to take no further action against the six-time MotoGP World Champion.
One of the reasons given was because at the time there were yellow flags showing which should have prevented Rins from overtaking or setting a fast enough sector to allow him to improve his lap time to make it through anyway.
Even so, this is the latest incident in a brewing feud between Marquez and Rins, which kicked off at the Czech MotoGP in Brno last year, when the pair tussled in qualifying with some intentionally close overtakes that carried right through to the pitlane entry.
At the time Rins said ‘I think he has no respect for the other riders. He is riding on his way…’
Neither rider has made a comment as yet on the latest incident.
