You've probably never seen a motorcyclist dressed in full combat (read motorcycle) gear on a scooter. The scooter demands this from the driver. But that's exactly what happened at the qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix in Assen in the royal class, when the Spaniard Marc Marquez crashed on one of the corners. Because of the time scissors of the qualifications, water was running down his throat, he sprinted off the track and tried to find the fastest way to make his way back to the pits and pick up a new motorcycle. The scooter of the Italian photographer Tino Martin happened to be there, which Mark "borrowed" without thinking.
The main news of the class race motoGP for the Dutch Grand Prix – besides being Australian Jack Miller ensured the first victory of non-factory bikes in the motoGP class in the last ten years (the last time this was achieved by Toni Elias in 2006 in Estoril, Portugal) - was the crash of Marc Marquez in qualifying, who, after landing in the sand with his horse, jumped straight for the new one on a scooter, which was parked by the track by an Italian photographer Tin Martin.
This one came as ordered for Marquez when he was looking the fastest way to the pits. Of course, with the Italian's blessing, who was not far away and left the key right in the engine, but everything happened so fast that someone who didn't catch the first part of the video would think that the cameras caught the long-fingered man. Because opportunity makes a thief. The Spaniard got it from a trackside photographer green light and it is to him that the Catalan has to thank for achieving in the end fourth qualifying time for an otherwise chaotic race that served up crashes and big surprises, and he finished it himself in the second place and consolidated his lead in the overall standings.
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The cameras also followed Marquez after the "theft" and the Spaniard quickly became the object of teasing and laughter, after he got on a scooter in full battle gear and slalomed along the track to his pits, where he was so fast that he Honda she hasn't even managed to train the spare motorcycle yet. At the Spanish newspaper Marca they stung the popular Marco with the remark that he did not violate the rules of his team, since the engine was just like that Japanese brands like his. And what did Marquez say? ”It was Tino's scooter. When I fell, my first goal was to get back to the garage as quickly as possible. There was no one around to take me. I noticed a scooter with keys and once I was sitting on it I asked Tino if it was okay for me to take it. But, to be honest – even if he wouldn't let me, I would still take it to him!” he was sincere Catalan.”
