The 2025 Australian MotoGP has begun, with the notable absence of Marc Marquez. Marco Bezzecchi recently spoke about his dramatic crash with Marquez in Indonesia, attributing the incident to a misjudgment.
I didn’t want to try any overtake. Just I pick up because I was tighter in that corner, but I didn’t expect him to brake so much at the end, he did the corner like this, it’s my mistake, I was behind and it was… a misjudgment mistake.
Bezzecchi, still experiencing severe back pain two weeks after the crash, clarified that he was conscious throughout the incident but stayed down due to difficulty breathing. He stated,
I was always conscious. I stayed down because for the hit, especially in my back, I couldn’t breathe. So I stayed there trying to wait the moment that the breath came back.
Author's summary: Bezzecchi discusses his crash with Marquez.