Mir also described Marquez as having overtaken Oliveira "in the exact same way" - though this was a slight exaggeration, given the Turn 9 move on Oliveira did not appear to come from nearly as far back (or at least took place at more obtuse-angled corner).
At the same time, it was one that very easily could've led to a similar kind of contact if Oliveira didn't back out.
"Almost but not contact. It's different!" insisted Marquez of the Oliveira move - but the Portuguese said Marquez owed him a new air screen and air filter, "and probably some tows also", because he'd been sent off-line and "got hit full of stones".
"I said to him 'look, the way you overtake is that you put half a bike in and then you just let go of the brake, if the guy outside stays you lean against him, if you take him out, you take him out'.
"And he said 'yeah, that's the way I need to overtake, otherwise I have no options to overtake'. Fair enough, I leave it up to the stewards to decide that.
"The thing is, he overtook me clean because I picked up the bike! And there's a water puddle there at Turn 9."
After handing back position to Oliveira as instructed, Marquez overtook him again in a very similar manner at the same corner.
"It happened twice. It is what it is," Oliveira said.
"I just have to be one second faster and then he won't be able to overtake me that easily."
está num muito bom 7º lugar (melhor Aprilia).
