Keith Huewen: Hysteria over Marquez, Quartararo incident drives me insane!

The dramatic opening lap in Aragon headlines this week’s Crash.net MotoGP podcast with Keith Huewen.

Making his comeback after almost four-months recovering from arm surgery, Marc Marquez surged from 13th to 6th in the opening turns.

But a small slide on the exit of Turn 3 had big consequences for title leader Fabio Quartararo, who hit the back of Marquez’s Honda and was thrown down the track.

Marquez kept going but part of Quartararo’s broken bodywork was jammed in his ride-height system, causing the bike to veer across the track on the exit of Turn 7, resulting in another clash that left Takaaki Nakagami down and out.

“Forget about the social media side of things. I mean, people that don't race motorcycles probably don't quite see it the way that it actually is. That's got to be the underlying thing,” said former Grand Prix rider and British Champion Keith Huewen.

“But for me, it's all the clickbait merchants and people sitting behind keyboards who are writing for whatever publication and even some television commentators, I’ve got to say.

“When you’ve got a non-racing tubby journo behind his keyboard trying to emulate a 5 times, 6 times 7 times or in this case 8 times world champion, it just gets right up my nose!

“It's hysteria for clickbait. I can't stand it. It drives me absolutely insane. The fact of the matter is, it was a reflex action by Marquez.

“If you look at all of the races, everybody was having a little bit of grip trouble early on in an opening lap. But it's also an opportunity to make up places. We all do it, everyone that races a motorbike, everybody that races anything. If there's an opportunity to make up space in those first two or three bends, you will make it up.

“Marc Marquez went round the outside [at Turn 1]. He was getting himself in a good position and the back just let go on him a little bit.

“It happens, it spun up. The traction control would have been set for a little bit more grip, so therefore it didn't bang in perhaps like it would have done if it had been a lap or two later when there was a bit more heat in the tyres.

“But then the hysteria - there was one person speculating whether he did it on purpose! I mean, what goes on in these people's heads? I've got no clue at all.

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