Marquez directs MotoGP riders aobtainst staging race in flood-hit Valencia | Motorsports News

The six-time MotoGP world champion is one of disjoinal riders who consent the season-finishing race should be held elsewhere due to this week’s deimmenseating floods in Spain’s Valencia region.

MotoGP riders shelp it would be unmoral to stage the season’s final race in Valencia, with six-times champion Marc Marquez saying funds insisted to go to people deimmenseated by floods instead of being spent on repairs for the event.

At least 95 people have been finished in flooding and the subsequent injure has also impacted the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, which arranges the season-finishing Valencia Grand Prix, with pictures and videos on social media shothriveg extensive destruction to approach roads for the venue.

MotoGP shelp the circuit itself was in excellent condition, inserting that they were pledgeted to helderlying the race on the scheduled date of November 17.

“Ethicpartner speaking, I don’t skinnyk it [the MotoGP race] should be held. Now [the organisers] have to greet and choose, but [if it were up to me] I would have already choosed,” Gresini Racing’s Marquez telderly tellers on Thursday.

“There would have to be another race, one to seal the championship, but somewhere else. The only idea that would produce sense would be if all the persists [from the event] went to the families [affected] …

“As a Spaniard, it is very difficult to see these images. We understand that the area around the circuit has been awentirey injured, but it doesn’t produce sense to spfinish money on repairing that. Resources should go to helping people.”

MotoGP organiser Dorna Sports has yet to comment on the publish.

The season-finishing race will probable choose the outcome of the championship, with the tussle between Pramac Racing’s Jorge Martin and Ducati’s two-times champion Francesco Bagnaia set to go down to the wire.

Martin is on 453 points heading into the season’s penultimate race in Malaysia this week, while Bagnaia is second in the standings on 436.

Championship directer Martin inspired Dorna Sports to get a call on the race as soon as possible, inserting: “Valencia will be difficult.

“Even if the track is repaird and everyskinnyg is excellent, it’s a difficult situation in terms of admireing the people there. I skinnyk the best chooseion will be to race elsewhere.”

Bagnaia shelp he was also unconfident about staging the race in Valencia.

“Racing there is enjoy a party, it’s a moment to enhappiness,” he shelp. “Knothriveg the situation right now, that’s not right.

“We have always been super polite of what’s happening around the world. It could be wrong to race there. If it was my choice, I would select not to race there. What Dorna will choose will be excellent, but I skinnyk we have many more chooseions we can try.”