Pedro Acosta says Marc Marquez’s attempt to overtake him in the MotoGP Solidarity Grand Prix sprint that resꩲulted in race-ending contact was “not necess☂ary”.

The Tech3 rider had got as high as fourth in the opening two corners when he and Marquez came together going through Turn 3 of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Saturday’s 12-lap sprint.

Acosta was on💫 the inside, with Marquez carrying more speed on the outside, when contജact was made and the front of the Tech3 GASGAS’ fairing was ripped off.

This forced Acosta to retire at the en꧅d of the opening lap, marking his 13th non-score of his rook💛ie season.

When asked about it on Saturda꧑y evening by the media - including mahbx.com - Acosta was critical of M𓆉arquez’s approach.

“Frustrating two corners,” Acosta said.

“We don’t even start the race. Difficult to s🧔ay something about the race.

“Again, another weekend we were making a good job and we were feeling quite competitive, that we were in the 🍨rhythm and in the pace.

“And for outside reason✨s, we finished wit🌟h another zero. It is what it is.

“I don’t see anyone until Marc hit me. I was full in the right inside and he went in like in a norm🍬al lap and I was in the middle.

“He go in like if no one was there. I will not say if it was his fault or not, but it was the third corner, it was the first lap. It was not necessary to go in like this. It is𒅌 what it 🤡is, that’s it. Racing is racing.”

Acosta refuted the theory that thi🧸s incident was a result of there being two lines to take from Turn 2 into Turn 3, and likened it to Alex Marquez’s controversial tangle with Francesco Bagn꧙aia at Aragon.

“I don’t t🅰hink so, because I was r꧒eally in front,” he added.

“Even in corner two Marc was behind me, [Franco]💖 Morbidelli also.

“Ok, he was able t🌳o carry more ▨speed. But anyway, I was there. Ok, he carried more speed, he overtook me and when he started to close the line I hit like this.

“I was here [fully leant over], I was not able to see what was outside. It was a similar thing as Alex and Pecco in Aragon. In the end, I was in fro🍒nt.”

Acosta was the only competitive KTM on Saturday at🤪 Barcelona, qualifying sixth while the next-best RC16 was Brad Binder in 18th. As such, he felt the sprint could have off🔴ered him a top result.

“Many things were pos🍌si📖ble, this is clear,” he said.

“We were making a really good pace in FP2, even with the medium rear we were quite comfortable to make a good𓂃 race and good pace.

“I was a little bit more scared about the hard front, but after warming up, two laps, was quite ok. Tha♋t’s it.”

The stewards took no🤪 action on the incident, with Marquez seventh in the 12-lℱap sprint.

He told the media he was “fighting against the circuit” a🍸nd that sixth was the maximum he could have hoped for on his Gresini-run GP23 had h💧e not made contact with Acosta on lap one.

Marಌquez also confirmed he suffered no damage in the collision.