{"id":638944,"date":"2026-04-29T19:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638944\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:10:08","slug":"marc-marquez-didnt-understand-jerez-motogp-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638944\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Marquez \u201cdidn\u2019t understand\u201d Jerez MotoGP crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Inside Ducati YouTube video shows Marc Marquez admitting fault for his early fall in the Spanish MotoGP but also telling the team he \u201cdidn\u2019t understand what happened\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Marquez had won the Saturday Sprint race at his home round, despite crashing when a downpour arrived.<\/p>\n<p>But the factory Ducati star was caught out in dry and sunny conditions on lap 2 of the grand prix, crashing at highspeed behind brother Alex Marquez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSorry, my mistake,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1654\/marc-marquez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Marquez<\/a> tells Gigi Dall\u2019Igna after returning to the Ducati pit box, while the race &#8211; later won by Alex &#8211; continued.<\/p>\n<p>Turning to crew chief Marco Rigamonti, he added: \u201cAs soon as I touched the gas, I lost it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Cameras later cut to Marquez and Rigamonti huddled around a computer.<\/p>\n<p>Pointing to the screen, Rigamonti said: \u201cThe only thing I see\u2026 You entered the corner a bit before\u2026 Before touching the gas, you were already on the limit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dall\u2019Igna then walks over, squeezing Marquez on the shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are days when I understand why I crashed. Not today\u2026 I didn\u2019t understand what happened,\u201d Marquez tells the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/ducati-lenovo-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Ducati <\/a>Corse boss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the second lap, you can\u2019t crash like that\u2026 We always take the good\u2026 We were fast. We\u2019ll work tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Marquez then asked about the condition of his crashed bike ahead of Monday&#8217;s official test: \u201cIs the bike broken in two?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard was told only the fuel tank had detached, while Rigamonti smiles: \u201cOne of the two [bikes] had to be disassembled anyway!\u201d to incorporate the new parts at the test.<\/p>\n<p>Marquez returned on Monday to complete 68 laps, focusing mainly on aerodynamic developments, and finished as the top Ducati rider in fourth.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard quipped that his early retirement at least left him feeling fresher for the test, but it also puts him 44-points behind Aprilia\u2019s title leader Marco Bezzecchi.<\/p>\n<p>Team-mate Pecco Bagnaia also failed to finish the grand prix, due to a technical issue.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest Inside Ducati YouTube video shows Marc Marquez admitting fault for his early fall in the Spanish&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,17197,8456,4280,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-638944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ducati","tag-ducati-lenovo-team","tag-marc-marquez","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}