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Reigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez’s family was assaulted at his home in Spain, on Friday, as Italian reporters confronted the Repsol Honda rider in Cervera.

“As you all know, some very unfortunate events took place yesterday in Marc’s home as a group of people showed up, shouting abuse and trying to get into his domicile and even assaulting some of his relatives,” explained mentor Emilio Alzamora.

“This goes beyond the limits of sports, such circumstances should never have occurred. Logically, we’ll take legal steps with our lawyers following this situation. The important thing is that Marc is okay, he’s trying to prepare as usual for the next race, training and carrying on with his routine. In the light of those events, we want to ask respect for Marc and his family.

“This situation is far from normal and we have to make sure Marc can prepare for the last grand prix and work as usual, going back to a normal life, Marc and his family deserve to be respected,” concluded Alzamora.

The incident came less than a week following Marquez’s controversial on-track battle with Italian megastar Valentino Rossi at Sepang’s Malaysian Grand Prix, which eventually resulted in Marquez crashing out of the race and Rossi penalised ahead of Valencia’s title decider.