Officiele HRC reactie op MotoGP.com:
While running second and third behind Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo on Lap 6 at MotorLand Aragón, the Honda duo made the slightest of touches at Turn 12. Marquez, who at the time was running in third place, appeared to out-brake himself and run wide, with the contact causing a broken sensor on the rear of Pedrosa’s bike.
“Unfortunately, it looks like they slightly touched each other and the sensor for rear wheel speed was broken,” Team Principal Livio Suppo confirmed.
“After that, there was no more traction control and that is why Dani crashed. He is back in the garage and he is okay.”
As Pedrosa - on his 28th birthday - retired from a race for the first time this season, Marquez went on to pass Lorenzo and celebrate his sixth victory of 2013.
When sharing his opinion over the clash, Pedrosa was not mixing words:
“I was going into the corner. He was over the limit, completely missed the braking, tried to avoid me and at that moment touched me a little bit and went off. When I opened the gas, the cable of the traction control was broken so I had a big highside and couldn’t really avoid the crash, unfortunately.
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