The 2025 Australian MotoGP has begun, with the notable absence of Marc Marquez. Marco Bezzecchi recently spoke publicly about his dramatic crash with Marquez in Indonesia.
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 admitted the incident occurred due to a misjudgment and is still experiencing severe back pain two weeks later. When asked if he had been knocked out by the impact, Bezzecchi 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 speaks out after crash with Marquez.