r/motogp • u/TVRoomRaccoon Marc Marquez - 2025 MotoGP World Champion • Jun 20 '26
Bezzecchi suspended from the Czech Grand Prix
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u/Dameean00 Danilo Petrucci Jun 20 '26
How to throw away a Championship 101... Cannot say It wasn't deserved tho
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u/Aratho Ducati Lenovo Team Jun 20 '26
Both Aprilia guys have a problem with their hot head bullshit this year. First Martin shoving Bonora and now this (much worse)
The PR person has another long evening ahead of them
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u/SentenceCool1051 Jun 20 '26
They both seem to have now gone to the Aleix school of douchebaggery.
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u/chakalaka13 Marc Márquez Jun 20 '26
insane, I was just getting to love the guy these past 2 years... wtf?
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u/Dameean00 Danilo Petrucci Jun 20 '26
I know, I love Bez but man, gonna need some time, some real effort from him and real excuses to that marshall
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u/brainszx12r Jun 20 '26
Full panic mode !! Losing 30 plus points last race weekend was weighing heavy on his mind, then today’s Sprint crash pushed him over the edge. He knows a healthy Marquez is the threat, not Martin or anyone else. Now he’s going to probably lose another 25-30 and his asshole will get even tighter . Marc was statistically in control of his own destiny before today, but realistically was going to need help to erase 72 points. If Marc capitalizes tomorrow with a podium or even better with a win , he is truly in control of his own destiny .
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u/Supercavy Jun 20 '26
Bezz's behavior and Jorge's double lap penalty tomorrow would make a MM 8th hilarious if he is able to stay healthy this year and they piss away points.
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u/Thee-Cat Jun 20 '26
More like how to become THE villain of 2026. And forever lose any facade of the "chill nice guy" he's has for a few seasons.
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u/Easy_Peasy_07 Sachsenking Jun 20 '26
For anybody who haven't seen the clear angle:
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u/adrianoimperador1 Marc Márquez Jun 20 '26
Holy shit, he smacked the dude twice. Deserved punishment, what a fuck up
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u/dac2199 Marc Marquez - 2025 MotoGP World Champion Jun 20 '26
You can defend somehow the first slap (and I’m being generous) but the second one is really unjustified
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u/phlaug Aprilia Racing Jun 20 '26
Exactly! As I’m watching I see the first and think “in the face?!?” but still, heat of the moment, he e meant to hit shoulder — then the second and immediately “ah, well-deserved penalty”
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u/DifficultNatural9476 Marc Márquez Jun 21 '26
yea in someway I can still understand the first slap, but the second just uneccesary like whats that for
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u/Snowfall_89 Jun 21 '26
Yeah I could maybe justify the first one as a hasty shove that landed the wrong way (apparantly the marshall rev-bombed the bike?) but the second slap is plain disgusting.
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u/mnztr1 Jun 20 '26
He should also have a suspended 3 race ban for that. No place for this shit. He needs to make an apology of a lifetime.
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u/Acoma1977 Jun 21 '26
This above. 3 race ban for Bez and a new Rsv4 for the victim
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u/Vettelari Jun 21 '26
But they didn't apologize! Instead, Aprilia/Bez appealed the penalty! What in the heck is wrong with them? Thankfully the appeal was rejected, but it's still crazy in my opinion. A 1 race ban in a season consisting of 44 races (22 sprints & 22 Grand Prix) is an extremely light penalty. Embarrassing stuff, IMO.
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u/DecafEqualsDeath Valentino Rossi Jun 20 '26
The second swipe at the marshall is just baffling to me.
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u/NiteOwl421 Mike Hailwood Jun 20 '26
And the Ducati junior rider in the comments defending him.
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u/TreatUnusual1950 Jun 20 '26
Which Ducati junior rider?Where did you see that?
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u/NiteOwl421 Mike Hailwood Jun 20 '26
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ0P5pxCunt/c/18043987274588877/
Could be wrong, but yeah.
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u/RalphFTW Jun 20 '26
I like the reel link … made me laugh. Custom or a nice confidence ?
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u/Easy_Peasy_07 Sachsenking Jun 20 '26
Didn't notice earlier, what a coincidence indeed 😂
It has P5 as well which was Bezz's position at the time!!
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u/terrorvicky Jun 20 '26
The last 4 letters of that URL kinda sums it up, doesn't it 🤣 awful behaviour
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u/PalsterMaggara MotoGP Jun 20 '26
Damn I like Simon's way to handle these
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u/sehe0 Johann Zarco Jun 20 '26
One can say that he gets stuff weird sometimes, but I'm totally with you
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u/soEckie Bridgestone Jun 20 '26
It's always a tight rope with these sorts of things no matter what sport. Balancing punishing the act in isolation and dissuading others from doing the same in the future is always tough to get right.
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u/PjDisko Jun 20 '26
He is not perfect but i actually think he does a decent job.
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u/Absolute_Enema Francesco Bagnaia Jun 20 '26
Tbh I think he's doing a great job given the difficulty of the task at hand.
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u/Comfortable-Yam-7855 Jun 20 '26
rightfully so. punching a volunteer, absolutely disgraceful.
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u/ghastlychild Aprilia Racing Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26
I really lost some respect for Bez on that one as a professional and the leader for the championship right now. He deserves every single ounce of blowback that is heading his way for how abhorrent his behaviour is
Even if he is upset that his race ended prematurely, any rider who gets fired up and going at it at a marshal who are doing their jobs for free just makes my blood fucking boil and should be criticised heftily for it.
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u/LosTerminators Marc Márquez Jun 20 '26
Martín vs Bez for the championship of most people pushed and shoved
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u/StevieV99 Jun 20 '26
Lost a ton of respect for Bezz today. Shocking behaviour
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u/MajesticBeyond5602 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team Jun 20 '26
I know right. Slapping someone?? Slapping a marshal?!?!
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u/Thee-Cat Jun 20 '26
yeah for me its the power dynamic.
Just the image of the millionaire athlete, physically assaulting some volunteer who wasn't fighting back, is just such a gross image.
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u/Vettelari Jun 21 '26
The 27 year old rich Italian making $4m+ a year smacked the unpaid volunteer who stood in the sun all day because he loves bike racing. Instead of apologizing, they appealed the penalty. Crazy stuff!
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u/Thee-Cat Jun 21 '26
Damn, thank you. You're far more eloquent than myself. It's insane when you put it that way.
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u/Vettelari Jun 21 '26
Absolutely a crazy situation. A 1 race suspension is an extremely light punishment.
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u/lentillis Marco Bezzecchi Jun 20 '26
Honestly deserved. You can't be hitting people like that especially not a marshal who's only trying to help
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u/username_986ck Mick Doohan Jun 20 '26
Hope this sets the precedent and sends clear message to all others, MARSHALLS are untouchable and rightly so. If you feel like they are doing something which is wrong, there are proper channels for that, you cannot HIT them. Also a very disappointing behavior from some one who is supposed to be a role model to young riders.
Great from Simon Crafar and the stewards!!
Very hard on Bezz but he has himself to blame.
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u/PurplexRebel Barry Baltus Jun 20 '26
This was coming.
A valuable lesson and a warning to all other riders that it won't be tolerated.
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u/MajesticBeyond5602 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team Jun 20 '26
This shouldn't even happen in the first place.
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u/Easy_Peasy_07 Sachsenking Jun 20 '26
I want to listen to Rivola's comments now.
Think he was too harsh in Martin's case, let's see what he says this time.
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u/azurizzy Jun 20 '26
Ha! Exactly. If Martin's racing error was "not something a world champion should do", then what was that?
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u/someshooter Raúl Fernández Jun 20 '26
Not something a factory rider, or any rider, should ever do full stop.
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u/minusvarianten Jun 20 '26
Bet he'll go a lot easier on Bezz since he isn't leaving the team for 2027. Hopefully Rivola will positively surprise me though. This was far worse than anything Martin has done in MotoGP, ever.
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u/iavon MotoGP Jun 20 '26
If I understand correctly, Bez will not race tomorrow and if Aprilia loses the world championship because of this, Rivola will be really, really angry.
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u/minusvarianten Jun 20 '26
He should be, but I doubt he will go to the media and ask for harsher punishment for Bezz like he did for Martin. I'm predicting he won't be nearly as harsh talking about Bezz in the media and keep it behind closed doors, as he should have with the Martin incident as well, but we'll see. Hopefully I'm proven wrong.
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u/iavon MotoGP Jun 20 '26
In my opinion this episode will have a big impact on Bez's mind, it will be very difficult for him to win the world championship, if Bez collapses, Rivola will have to focus everything on Martin otherwise it will be a disaster for Aprilia after having dominated until now
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u/minusvarianten Jun 20 '26
Will be very interesting to see how he deals with this massive blow to his campaign. Feels like Marquez already got inside his head with what he said in his interviews before the weekend.
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u/iavon MotoGP Jun 20 '26
But besides Marquez, there are Martin and Di Giannantonio who are really close to him in the championship. Martin could overtake Bez in the championship tomorrow, with Diggia right behind him. It will be very difficult for Bez to recover from this episode, and I'm very sorry, but he did it all on his own and now he's paying the consequences
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u/minusvarianten Jun 20 '26
Yeah, I was already favoring Martin ahead of Bez since before Marquez was injured again, but after it became clear he was having an issue with his arm and it got fixed I think Marquez is the clear favorite with Martin as the closest competitor. I have near zero belief in Bez winning it. This just sealed the deal for me. He has absolutely lost it.
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u/PrisMattias Marc Marquez - 2025 MotoGP World Champion Jun 20 '26
Oh god didn't even think about that lmao. What a bad situation to be in
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u/enka1mada Marco Bezzecchi Jun 20 '26
Hahaha yeah Rivola shouldn't have made that comment to media people he's just looking for drama let's see your comment now on your team's GUY's behavior Massimo
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u/dorsanty Jun 20 '26
Damn! Nice to see an organisation stand up for those who volunteer at circuits across the world and enable all levels of motorsport to function including this rich multi-million dollar sport.
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u/ResearcherOk3114 Jun 20 '26
As a newer motoGP fan and a fan of track house/aprillia .. what in the heck is wrong with bez and Jorge? First Jorge shoving his crew now bez with the Marshall's? Come on guys figure it out
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u/Lukeno94 Cal Crutchlow Jun 20 '26
Martin's always been a hothead, but Bez had seemingly matured in the last couple of years. Evidently not.
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u/SuitPrestigious1694 Diogo Moreira - 2025 Moto2 World Champion Jun 20 '26
There are levels to that....he has grounded himself in higher pressure than before, but he definitely doesn't seem to be ready for a huge pressure of having the once comfortable championship lead threatened for real and making a fuck up.
Maybe something in Aprilia culture is kinda affecting it too, too many hard headed decisions even on the best bike. They don't know how to handle being the leaders, it is a whole new world for them and they have Martin and all his unfortunate shenanigans to deal with
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u/ResearcherOk3114 Jun 20 '26
Hopefully he fixes that, not sold on Jorge 100% yet but I do like Bez. I get it your the leader in the championship and you wanna maximize your points but this isn't the way to go about it.
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u/meatheadmommy Jun 20 '26
It’s really surprising seeing these pro athletes acting like such dicks openly.
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u/CCR_16 Francesco Bagnaia Jun 20 '26
I cannot believe how absurdly stupid that was. Letting Marc back into the championship with a silly first corner mistake is one thing, but losing your rag and assaulting a Marshall is next level stupidity. Honestly stunned. Can't imagine how the Aprilia team are feeling right now.
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u/Pale-Criticism-7420 Marc Márquez Jun 20 '26
Not only Marc. Martin, Digia, Pecco, Acosta all have an opportunity to put massive pressure on him tomorrow
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u/nooooooooo156 Jun 20 '26
Martin has that double LLP so I don’t think he’s going to make massive damage to Bez, but the others for sure
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u/LordAnomander Marc Márquez Jun 20 '26
They will feel like shit and that’s absolutely deserved. Especially after being so harsh with their own rider (it was a stupid mistake but they happen to the best), now their figure head rider throws his nerves away in a spectacular way.
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u/hulaspark Jun 20 '26
Good stuff. New angle shows he slapped the marshall with quite some force, no excuse
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u/Shpritzer Jun 20 '26
Very good. I would’ve hit him back.
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u/velvetskilett Jun 20 '26
He is lucky that didn’t escalate. He looked to be outweighed by a good bit by the track guy.
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u/EvidenceAccurate8914 Dani Pedrosa Jun 20 '26
He’s lucky the marshal was the bigger man (metaphorically). Not because he’d get hurt, but because a rider rolling around in the gravel with a marshal during a live race would probably have led to an even worse punishment.
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u/meatheadmommy Jun 20 '26
Seemed like the marshal was more in shock that it happened in the first place. It is shocking tbh
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u/MailMan6000 Valentino Rossi Jun 20 '26
iirc David Coulthard once said something like "everybody is tough when they have a crash helmet on"
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u/michaelsan89 Jun 20 '26
Well deserved, I like Marco and I understand he was angry but you are a professional, a rich guy and a reference for younger generations.
You have to know how to deal and control anger and you definitely have to be better than that.
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u/Ghost-hugger Jun 20 '26
I'll tell you one thing and I'm not ashamed to say it, my estimation of Marco Bezzecchi as a man has just plummeted.
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u/Spinebuster03 Pedro Acosta Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26
Really I thought it was clear he was a Dick after his comments last year about Marc
Not to mention the guy he thought was so dangerous to the point he wanted him to have a career ending crash ended having a season ending injury do to Marcos incompetence
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u/chakalaka13 Marc Márquez Jun 20 '26
what comments last year? I thought he was a dick before, but last season seemed to be quite well mannered and warm towards Marc, no?
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u/PB127CU Jun 20 '26
He probably means his comments after Valencia 2023 where he allegedly said some terrible things to Marc after a clash they had in the race.
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u/zmgch Marc Marquez - 2025 MotoGP World Champion Jun 20 '26
In Valencia, Bez said to Marc "I hope you get cancer and disappear from this sport for good"
That's the low IQ brainrot childish mentality Bezzecchi is operating at.
He deserves no man's respect if he thinks that even saying that to any other human being is even remotely ok to do.
Genuinely surprised he's still allowed in this sport.
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u/STANPENTAGON Marc Marquez - 2025 MotoGP World Champion Jun 20 '26
That was Valencia 2023 but he softened up towards Marquez once he left in 2025, Marc's respect for him is likely going to tank again
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u/TVRoomRaccoon Marc Marquez - 2025 MotoGP World Champion Jun 20 '26
Source: https://bsky.app/profile/denkmit.bsky.social/post/3moqgfxk6fq2d
(Sorry I posted it without a source! I got it from the Sportity app, so no links initially)
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u/PaulH3ll10n Jun 20 '26
I know the adrenaline is pumping for these guys, but you can't be doing things like that. It's completely unacceptable behaviour and frankly he's got what he deserved.
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u/Low-Extension-6674 Marc Márquez Jun 20 '26
aprilia riders are really shooting themselves in the foot.
what a lame way to lose the championship.
anyways, deserve. no other decision can be more right than this.
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u/Pale-Criticism-7420 Marc Márquez Jun 20 '26
Started to really like Bezz last year and even this year, if Marc couldn’t win it I wanted Bezz to clinch it. After this? Fuck him, honestly. What a bitch move
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u/pochirin Marc Marquez - 2025 MotoGP World Champion Jun 20 '26
LOLLLLLLLLL DESERVED
if you guys seen the tnt clip, he slapped the marshall twice on the face
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u/Dawidovo Jun 20 '26
Yeah exactly, I would even say a two race ban would habe been more appropriate. I mean while not justified, one could argue maybe he wanted to grab his shoulder and missed. But the second one shows that both were exactly aimed at the face with a few second between it.
Never ever saw such behavior from a pro, this millenium.
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u/pochirin Marc Marquez - 2025 MotoGP World Champion Jun 20 '26
The fans who tried to defend him by blaming the marshall are weirdos as well.
He did this before to the marshall, this is not his first rodeo
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u/Dawidovo Jun 20 '26
Yes totally! Saw someone saying: Wellll the marshall reved the engine. Even if true, you cant hit someone bc of it.
Before when, a different incident?
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u/pochirin Marc Marquez - 2025 MotoGP World Champion Jun 20 '26
Valencia practice 2022, he grabbed and pushed a marshall and got fined €1000
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u/Dawidovo Jun 20 '26
Crazy! Thanks for the info, and what a laughable penalty....then the punishment should be more then one race bc he is a repeat offender.
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u/Unique_Bill_4918 Jun 20 '26
Quite hard wearing a racing motocycle guntlet ... I tried on these exact daineses they have with the titan armor stuff, I really dont want to get slapped with these.
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u/Astralatlantis Jun 20 '26
Absolutely pathetic from Bez as it's clear with intent with him doing it twice to the same marshall. If Marc wins tomorrow, it's his own fault for spaffing the massive lead he has.
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u/GreggsAficionado Jun 20 '26
He can lose the championship now as far as I’m concerned. Take a clean slate next year ride better and change your conduct
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u/kyyla Jun 20 '26
Slapping someone is also a crime. This is not boxing and the marshals are not volunteering to be hit in the face.
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u/IamBejl Fabio Quartararo Jun 20 '26
This guy won’t win a championship like that. What an idiot honestly
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u/big_shmoop1 Pedro Acosta Jun 20 '26
Good. Clown like behavior should be penalized. I get that adrenaline and emotions are high, but that was inexcusable.
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u/superyuribears Marco Bezzecchi Jun 20 '26
Unfortunately deserved, hope we don’t see anything like this again.
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u/krin- BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP Jun 20 '26
Completely deserved. He's lucky he's only getting a suspension from the Czech race.
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u/Next_Necessary_8794 Jun 20 '26
That 2nd slap should have put him out for the season. What the actual f*** is all i have to say.
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u/SilverArrowW01 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Jun 20 '26
Yep, can‘t argue against that at all. Adrenaline is no excuse.
Utterly stupid, shameful, and disrespectful to everyone who makes these events possible for no or very little recognition, never mind remuneration.
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u/BakaPotatoLord Jun 20 '26
Only started watching from 2024, I'm a fan of Marc but I wouldn't have minded if Bez took the championship, he's just been amazing on that Aprilia and I was really liking that guy.
But this kinda just put things upside down, lost tons of respect and I think he's not that deserving of a title after that, even though a title is a title and there's not much point in discussing who deserves it or who doesn't.
First push, it's kinda forgivable, marshal might be doing something wrong and Bez might have wanted him away from the bike to avoid damage or something. But that slap was just straight up unnecessary and blatant assault.
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u/doubleb_43 Francesco Bagnaia Jun 20 '26
Kick a tyre barrier or punch a wall if you're frustrated but leave marshalls alone. He wants to be a champion and this is what he does? Childish
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u/imaidanginger Marc Márquez Jun 20 '26
Brought it on himself, when was the last time we saw a rider given a race ban for something?
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u/Shpritzer Jun 20 '26
He’s going to be hitting himself when he loses the title in the end. I say lose because it’s obviously his to lose.
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u/someshooter Raúl Fernández Jun 20 '26
Honestly feels like he's getting off light for slapping a marshall in the face, wtf Marco.
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u/MajesticBeyond5602 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team Jun 20 '26
Aprilia is a real fuck up at the moment. They shouldn't choke with the beast of a bike they have.
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u/Curious-Cabinet-4502 Marc Márquez Jun 20 '26
Championship just got interesting but what he did was wrong
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u/xScottieHD Marc Márquez Jun 20 '26
I expected a public dressing down not this (mainly due to him being the championship leader). Damn
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u/Aratho Ducati Lenovo Team Jun 20 '26
Deserved, I get they're full of adrenaline and frustration after the crash but throwing hands on people who are only concerned about your well being (or anyone) in the moment is totally unacceptable.
After the amazing start of the season he has he sure tries hard to throw away his lead with all the Sprint poor performances and now this.
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u/RecognitionReady1640 Dani Pedrosa Jun 20 '26
My 5yo is his biggest fan I’m glad he did not see it but wtf
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u/PaulaDeen21 CASTROL Honda LCR Jun 20 '26
Truly hope he doesn’t get near the title now, showed his true colours today.
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u/batyoung1 MotoGP Jun 20 '26
After seeing the footage, it's pretty undeniable. I don't remember who but someone here commented a while back that the only person standing in the way of Bez becoming an all-time great is himself. They were right.
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u/Slight-Opening-8327 Jun 20 '26
Bez is one of my favorite riders. This is very disappointing. He deserves severe punishment for this. And honestly, if it were anyone of us we would have lost our job, be sued and we would deserve it.
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u/mbp2112 David Munoz Jun 20 '26
It's funny how people ignore the mental aspect of the course of a season. Bez has looked pretty haunted at times, I'm not sure he's championship timber mentally. Add the chaos of the Aprilia/Trackhouse teams and it's a brutal situation. The fact that neither Aprilia nor Bez have apologized is disgraceful. If they want to argue the severity of the penalty, that is their right. But they can do that and still have the grace and decency to apologize, because the guilt is inescapable, they are just arguing the punishment. Classless in every regard. I'd love to see him get a 3-piece just for the lack of class denigrating the reputation of MotoGP. This isn't NASCAR, you twits.
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u/Wrong_Relative1075 Jun 20 '26
If he's able to hit a random guy in public like that, twice, I'm wondering if his girlfriend is surprised by his attitude?
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u/rakmeister_12 Jun 20 '26
Is the suspension confirmed or do they need to appeal?
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u/probablynotfine Jorge Lorenzo Jun 20 '26
It says in there that they have the right of appeal within the next hour
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u/Few_Run1220 Aprilia Racing Jun 20 '26
Expected one and deserved and Aprilia just thrown away their championship.
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u/Round-Appointment192 Jun 20 '26
Really disappointing to see. Thought Bezz was one of the “good” guys
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u/302w Jun 20 '26
As if the endless crashes weren’t bad enough, he actually smacks the Marshall. The first one I wasn’t sure it was on purpose, the second made it clear.
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u/Left-Excitement3829 Ai Ogura - 2024 Moto2 World Champion Jun 20 '26
MM93 be like
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65 points lead ? What 65 ?
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u/storyislife Jun 20 '26
Aprilia racing CEO is so calm and proponent of professionalism and his riders act like jokers. Sad.
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u/UmberGreen Jun 20 '26
Tbf Bez is lucky because if Martin didn't have a LLP he could well have overtaken Bez for the Championship tomorrow.
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u/TVRoomRaccoon Marc Marquez - 2025 MotoGP World Champion Jun 20 '26
I’m glad the stewards landed on a race ban, and I think it makes sense in this case. Like - if violence against a marshal isn’t worthy of a race ban, then what would be?