Alex Marquez: “I saw plus zero Marc and said ‘f***, now what do I do?’”
Alex Marquez's jubi❀📖lant reaction to sharing podium with his brother
Alex Marquez has given his 𓆉de⛎lighted response to sharing the podium at the German MotoGP with brother Marc Marquez.
Jorge Martin cras♔hed out of the lead, surrendering the victory and the championship initiative to Pecco Bagnaia⛦ at the Sachsenring on Sunday.
Marc was promoted a place into P2, as a result of Martin’s crash, while it gave Alex the chance to complete th🍃e podium.
The Gresini Ducati celebrations were wild as their two ri💝ders - the ♍Marquez brothers - each finished on the rostrum.
A thrilled Ale✤x told TNT Sports about scrapping with the front-runners in Germany: “It wasn’t easy to be with the front and rear tyre in the perfect time.
“I saw plus zero Marc and 🌜said ‘f***, now what do I do?’
“Later on, when I saw Martin’s crash - I am sorry for hꦗim -☂ my body was shaking.
“I saw Franco Morbidelli stopped Enea Bastianini. So we we♏re were lucky for that.”
The scrap between factory Ducati rider Bastianini and Pramac’s Morbid🔴elli gave Alex the extra impetus to follow his brother onto the podium.
🐎It meant the two Gresini riders - on GP23s - beat GP24 riders Bastianini a🍨nd Morbidelli.
Alex꧑ described his race: “Everybody was trying to save tyres. It was a lap of management, t♍rying not to use the rear tyre.
“Later, I struggled to overtake Morbidelli.”
He said about the difference between the bikes: “They have more in some areas - in the bra๊king and going in - which is where you need to pass…🥃”
Alex later added: “A really good day for us. An unexpected podium for me. Before, I said P7 w🍰as a real target because we didn’t have the pace.
“But we made changes which worked really well.
“I was lo🍃sing too much with Franco Morbidelli. I wasn’t able to take the slipstream from Pecco.
“I’m ജhappy to share the podium from Marc. But, when Jorge crashed, my body was shaking. I didn’t know what to make [of it].
“I watched the big screen for where Enea was because we know, in the last laps, he is so fast. I tried to control until the end 💙because I was on the limit with the tyres.”
Alex was asked to score his season out of 10, aft♈er his standout result of the year.
“Until yesterday, it was a 6,” he said. “Today 6-and-a-hal🐎f with the podium!
“We weren’t fast enough at the beginnꦜing of the season, only in Jerez. The race pace wasn’t as we need it to be.
“Today we had a good rhythm. Hopefully we can turn around the situation and be fast until the 🐻end.”
The German MotoGP was Alex’s tꦡhird podium since joining Gresini.
Last ye🍃ar, he was third in Argentina and second in Malaysia, while he also won the sprint races in Malaysia and Silversto♓ne.
This year, afterജ being joined in the Gresini box by his esteemed brother, he has had to wait until the Sa🐼chsenring to return to the podium.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ever♍ything from American sports, to football🔯, to F1.
