Marc Marquez “something was wrong” | “Worst weekend on a Ducati”
“You know when Marc is having ಌa bad weekend because he rides it like a Honda"
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez endured a disappointing British MotoGP w💞hich was described as his worst round🍰 of the season.
The Gresini rider finished fourth in 𝔉Sunday’s grand prix, 24 hours after crashing out from fourth-place in the sprint race.
He has conceded third-place in the MotoGP standings to Enea Bastianini, who sensaꦍtionally won the sprꦡint and the grand prix.
“It’s th♕e worst weekend that we’ve seen him on the Duca💃ti,” TNT Sports’ Neil Hodgson said about Marquez.
“Inconไsistent through practice, mistakes, crashes. Crashed out of the sprint race.
“He never looked comfortable at any point.
“There were flashes of the olཧd Marquez, trying to make his timeဣ up on the braking. He missed the apexes.
“We saw a few aerial views where you could see the🌄 exits. He’d gain🌱 on entry, gain two bike lengths on the way in, but lose five on the way out.
“You know when Marc is having a bad weekend because he rides it ꦜlike a Honda, and it doesn’t work.”
Marquez was fifth for much of Sunday’s race before overtakiওng Aleix Espargaro in the latter stages.
He was closingꦛ in on Pecco Bagnaia, who completed the podium, but ran out o🦄f time.
Marquez details Espargaro battle
Marquez told TNT Sports: “This wℱeekend, honestly, we worked super hard with the team and they did an amazing෴ job.
“We started with our base but, for some rea♒son, and w✨e need to understand why, we were super far at this track.
♒“Step by step, I felt better. And they gave to me what I needed. They understood in a perfect way.
“That meant that, in the race, we were closer to the top guys especia🐽lly in the 🥂first 10 laps.
“When the tyres dropped - especially Bastianini an🦂d Jorge Martin - they were super fast. But Pecco wasn’t far.
“I’m happy with fourth but u💞nfortunately, yesterday, we mi𝔉ssed another fourth place in the sprint race. But okay. We need to keep going.”
Marquez was asked if a long-running scrap with Espargaro, which he eventually won, cost 🌟him the ch♔ance to challenge the podium trio.
“From the beginning, I understood that something was wrong ﷽in acceleration,” he said.
“We had a small problem there. But⛄ we’ve already understood why.
“But yes, I was struggling on accelerat🌟ion andไ I arrived too late on the brakes.
“For that reas෴on, I overtook [Espargaro] on Corner 3,4. There, you don’t need accel⛄eration.
“Apart from th🍌at, the fourth place was a good result.”
Marquez asseses his half-season
The MotoGP season is now at its half-way stage, with 10 rounꦡds gone and ano♌ther 10 to come.
Marquez is yet ♍to win a sprint or a grand prix o☂n his new machine.
He has slipped to fourth in the standings, 62 points away fro𒉰m championship leader Martin.
He is, however, always the fastest rider on ꩵthe year-old Ducati and oft💞en mixing with the factory bike.
Marquez assessed his own half-a-seꦓason: “Not bad, not bad. Some🎶 mistakes.
“Sﷺome which are normal 🌱with a new bike, and some which I should have avoided, like yesterday’s. But we are human.
“I am enjoying i🐠t🧸 with this bike. We’re always in the top five positions.
“We are always the top GP23 bike, and we are close to the ‘24 bikes. Let’s see if we can kꦰeep going.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, t༒o football, to F1.
