Marquez lost the front-end of his Honda braking for Turn 1 late on in FP2 at the Sachsenring, with his errant bike slamming into the side of Zarco’s Pramac Ducati.
Zarco’s bike was destroyed in the tangle but both riders were unscathed, while Marquez later blamed the Frenchman for the crash as he felt he wasn’t looking where he was going.
Neither rider felt the nature of the pit exit was to blame, with comparisons being drawn to a similar incident between Pol Espargaro and Danilo Petrucci at Aragon in 2016.
Commenting on the incident, Zarco thinks apportioning blame to him is wrong and says Marquez is “losing a bit of control when he is speaking” now.
“I think we can say it was kind of a racing incident,” Zarco said.
“This can happen, even if it would better it didn’t. We can say that the exit of the pitlane is a bit tricky, but we are used to it and we try to be careful, as I was when I tried to [leave].
“I was waiting on the outside, I went out of the pitlane, then I was braking, then I turned and I saw a big group coming.
“I lifted up the bike, then I saw the bike of Marc. I lifted up my bike a little bit more and he hit only my bike and not my legs or feet.
“First thing, he could have at least come when I was on the floor. I can understand he wanted to run to his bike to get another lap time, but because of the red flag he could have seen it was OK.
“I like the way Marc is riding and the way he is pushing. He is a champion, but he is losing a bit of control when he speaks.
“He should think twice before speaking because just having the idea to say that it is my fault, this is not acceptable.
Source: Autosport