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Marc Marquez suffered yet another crash during practice at the 2026 United States Grand Prix. The Spaniard was able to walk off the track largely unscathed following an off that MotoGP pundit Sylvain Guintoli could only describe as ‘unusual’.
After just 10 minutes of practice at the Circuit of the Americas, a red flag was thrown out after Marquez was seen in the barriers on the exit of turn 10.
The factory Ducati rider appeared to lose the front end of his bike while going over the crest, and the resulting accident threw him into the gravel trap at frightening speeds.
As the reigning world champion went for a medical examination ahead of his return to the track, Ducati chief Davide Tardozzi offered a quick update on his condition.
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The Italian told MotoGP, “Marc is fine, but he had a big hit on the right arm and left hand. It’s painful, but there’s nothing broken, so it means if he wants, he can ride again.”
Marquez ended up returning for the final 10 minutes of the session and impressively set a time quick enough to put himself in the fourth spot of the timing sheets at the end of FP1.
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Sylvain Guintoli thinks cold tyres caused Marc Marquez’s crash during FP1 in Texas
After seeing a slow-motion replay of Marquez’s off at the Circuit of the Americas, TNT Sports pundit Sylvain Guintoli theorised on what may have caused the crash.
The former MotoGP rider asked Neil Hodgson in the commentary booth, “Do you reckon he had cold tyres? It’s just unusual as a crash, isn’t it? We never see crashes like that.”
The Briton replied, “That was an unusual crash. It looks like cold tyres. He wasn’t even down onto his knees.”
A replay of the incident portrayed Marquez flipping onto his front as he anticipated the gravel trap ahead of him, which slowed him down before ending up in the air fence at the perimeter of the circuit.
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Guintoli added, “That’s a big one. When you enter the gravel at that kind of speed, no matter if you’re ready to slide or whatever, you are going to hurt yourself. You’re going to get stoned.”
His colleague then replied, “You’re going to get beaten up. Basically, he’s hit the deck there at about 120 miles an hour. And he’s reached the gravel, and he’ll probably be travelling at 80 miles an hour.”
Neil Hodgson highlights how other MotoGP legends never crashed as much as Marc Marquez
The crew continued to discuss Marquez’s infamous record of big crashes, leading Hodgson to theorise on whether the 33-year-old has suffered the most amount of crashes out of any other MotoGP rider in history.
Guintoli responded with, “They have been big. When he came in, he had a completely new approach to racing, where you just go all out and find limits.
“[Jorge] Lorenzo had a few big ones to start with in his first year, but then he kind of settled.”
Hodgson then added, “[Casey] Stoner was the same, really. He had crashes, a few big ones, but he wasn’t crashing week in and week out, two or three times.
“But Marc, in the early years, the domination years, always tucked the front in practice.”
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