"This weekend was very hard for Marc. The crash in the warm up, the fourth at the weekend, was really terrible. The right decision was certainly made (not to let him compete, ed) given the circumstances".
So the Honda manager, Alberto Puig, in the aftermath of the terrifying flight of which Marc Marquez was the protagonist before the MotoGP race in Mandalika.
"Now the important thing is that he rests and concentrates on his recovery. For the next race we hope he will be recovered", added the former driver in view of the double engagement in America, on 3 April in Argentina and 10 in Argentina. Usa, on the Austin circuit which is an absolute favorite of the Spaniard.
In addition to being worried about the multiple world champion, Puig also highlighted other problems that emerged over the weekend for his team that could have a correlation with what happened to Marquez: "We need to understand what happened to the Michelin tire - he said - we need to have an in-depth dialogue. We went from being very fast a month ago to the situation this weekend, which was very difficult for our riders. "