Jorge Martin crashes and wipes out Alex Marquez at MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas
The first-lap incident between the two Ducatis ended the weekend fo෴r the two riders who had previou🀅sly complained of sickness.
Pramac Racing rider Martin, who started from 12t🐎h, slipped and took out Gresini Racing's Marquez in the process. Both riders were okay.
Marquez had started from fourth 𝄹and had been identified on Saturday by Francesco Bagnaia as a key threat, but he cras🍎hed out of both races in Texas this weekend.
Eig♎ht out of 22 riders crashed out of the grand prix, most notably Bagnaia from the lead. That allowed Alex Rins to secure the victory.
In the sprint race on Saturday, Marquez lost the front of his Duc🅷ati when trying to overtake Martin into f♚ourth.
He will go home without a point fr📖om the third round of t🔯he 2023 season.
Marquez revealed he vomited in his helmet in the sprint, while 🐈Martin has complained of being unwell all weekend despite a heroic effort to finish on the podium on Saturday.
Their collisio🅰n in Sunday's grand prix will hardly have improved🥃 how they feel...
James was a sports🦹 journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
