Suzuki's Aleix Espargaro was critical of Marc Marquez's shunt in FP3 in Turn 14, saying that a crash under yellow flags could have fatal repercussions. Marquez fell at Turn 14 a few moments after Nicky Hayden had done the same, as Hayden's bike was being retrieved from the run-off area. Espargaro's brother Pol had fallen there at that exact moment as well, and subsequent replays indicated that the Tech 3 rider had been taken out by Marquez, who was passing him on the inside of the corner. Marquez's bike slid past Hayden's Marc VDS machine in the run-off, while Espargaro's ended up colliding with the American's Honda - albeit not before track workers and Hayden himself had jumped away from...
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