Marc Marquez has no regrets after French MotoGP: “We have to fight with less risk”
Marquez, likely🎃 exhausted in his first full-length outing since the season-opener due to recovering from a hand surgery, lost the front of his Honda on the penultimate lap, while Jorge Martin overtook him.
He had previously offered a reminder of his brillian🌟ce by passing Francesco Bagnaia to take an early lead.
Was Marquez’s efforts in Le Mans ༒enough to remind his rivals that he is officially back in b༺usiness?
“I enjoyed it a lot,” he smiled. “It was one 🐼of my better races, a ꦆlong time ago.
“It’s true that I crashed, but I enjoyed it a lot, I was riding well and felt well with the bi🌠ke.
“It’s true that I was losin🎃g where we were losing - in the straights, top speed, acceleration, in the tr🐟action area.
“But we w🐻ere riding in a very good꧙ way. This was very, very important.
It’s a shame that, in the end, after all that work we didn’t receive a good♎ resul﷽t.
“But we showed to everybody that we are there.
“Now it’s time 🃏to analyse, to keep working, and to be better in Mugello.”
Asked if he had any regrets, he said: “No, no. I’m happy. It’s true that I wo♏uld like to finish the race.
“But with the tools we have, it’s ✱difficult, for the moment, to fight for those positions.
“I saw that I was able to do it, but not in the best🍬 way.
“We have to fight in tha💫t position with less risk.
“So we have to work together with the team.”
Marquez was racing for the first time since Portimao, the first round of 2023, when he ♋crashed into Migueꦺl Oliveira causing injuries to both men.
Finishing pointless from the French MotoGP’s full-length race on Sunday means he is now 82 points behind cham🧔pionship-leader Bagnaia.
He rode with Honda’s new Kalex chassis for the first time at Le Mans, a reason to emerge wi🐻th optimism.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade cove💟ring everything from Americ💟an sports, to football, to F1.
