This is Marc Marquez's Explanation for His Controversy for Letting His Younger Brother Passed During the San Marino MotoGP Race

Repsol Honda racer, Marc Marquez. (Photo: Instagram.com/@marcmarquez93)

JAKARTA - Repsol Honda racer, Marc Marquez, has attracted controversy. He made way for his younger brother, Alex Marquez, when racing at the San Marino MotoGP.

Marquez also provided an explanation regarding this. He realized that the RC213V motorbike he was riding did not have enough speed to be able to compete with a number of racers at the Misano Circuit, Sunday, September 10, yesterday.

For this reason, the Spanish racer deliberately chose to make way for Alex to sprint. He also said that this action gave way so that he could tow it.

In MotoGP, towing is the behavior of a racer when following another racer in order to gain a slipstream advantage.

"In the sprint I didn't have the speed to keep up with the top guys in the first few laps. Then my brother Alex overtook me and I saw that it wasn't just him, but other drivers too," said Marquez as quoted by Speedweek on Monday, September 11.

"I knew from the training session that he (Alex Marquez) had better speed. So I let him pass and then used it to open a gap between me and the other riders," explained Marquez.

The holder of six MotoGP world titles then said this was done as part of his clever way of finishing in the middle of the table. If he didn't tow, Marquez admitted that it would be difficult to get away from the racers behind him.

"I have to be smart. So today I used the slipstream of every faster rider who overtook me to get ahead of the others. I didn't get involved in any duels," he explained.

"At the start of the race for example there was a duel between Binder, Vinales, Quartararo, but I wasn't involved in it. I just tried to find my speed because I knew I didn't have the speed to fight them."

"I just had to use it to escape from the others and be more relaxed in the end," he concluded.

In the end, Marquez's tricks paid off. He broke into the top 10 by finishing in seventh place.