MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix winner Francesco Bagnaia says he had to 'get my elbows out' to battle Marc Marquez at Jerez and that the contact between the pair was 'smart'.
Bagnaia and Marquez locked horns with each other in the latter stages of Sunday's 25-lap grand prix at Jerez after early leader Jorge Martin crashed out. Marquez chopped down a 1.2-second advantage Bagnaia held on lap 14 to get within striking range on the 21st tour. As Marquez threw his Gresini Ducati up the inside of Bagnaia, he ran slightly wide and on the cutback into Turn 10 the pair rubbed against each other.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Team Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images 'And I knew that if I was braking this hard, he was for sure going to go a bit wide. And I just used this thing to close the line and be in front again. 'When you fight like this, you put it on the list that you can have this contact. I thought it was quite smooth and smart, because I was on the inside. 'He just tried to go around me, but as soon as we arrived to the apex we touched.
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