“Mr P2” Alex Marquez takes MotoGP title lead: “I'd have said, 'You're crazy!'”
Marc Marquez crashes out, but brother Alex extends his podium streak and takes the MotoGP title lead for the first time💦 in Tex☂as.
One Marquez streak ended with Marc crashing out of the MotoGP race lead at COTA on Sunday, but brother 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez extended his runn🅰er-up record to six out of six so far this season.
His reward was ওto take the world championship lead for the first time in his premier-class ca𒐪reer.
The Gresi🦹ni rider started the race strongly, holding second in the🍃 early laps before being passed by his brother’s factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia.
When Marc fell on lap 9, 🌠Alex m🍸oved up a place, eventually crossing the finish line just two seconds behind Bagnaia.
“If you said to me before the first race, ‘You will be leading the championship’ I would 🐟have said, ‘You're crazy!’“ smiled Alex.
“We are 'Mr⭕ P2', but I'm happy with that! I don't have any problem making P2 from here until the end.
“We need to enjoy the moment.🧸 We know what we have, we need to approach every race like we are doing and try to extract the 100% potential. I will try to keep going like this.”
“Last year’s bike leading the championship is amazing”
While Alex’s championship lead is another p꧋ersonal milestone,💧 he struggled more at COTA than in the previous two rounds.
“If we compare my performance in Thailand, Argentina, and here, this was the worst in terms of feeling 🅘and how I was approaching all the corners," he explainedܫ.
“After the first few laps, I saw they were going faster than me. I had a big moment losing the front at Tur🥀n 10, and said, ‘OK, today we need to be third.꧂ We need to be really calm.’
“Then when I saw Marc crashing, I said, ‘OK, pa🐟y attention.’
“I’m really, really happy w🍸ith how we are managing everything, how we are really coꩵnsistent in the top three. That’s exactly what we need to keep doing.
“But above all, we need to enjoy 🦩this moment because, for an independent team, running last year’s bike and leading the championship is some🔯thing really, really amazing.”
Alex - who won two ꧋Sprints in 2023 but is yet to take a Sunday MotoGP win - is now a single point clear of Marc ꦕheading into round four in Qatar.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the 𝔉forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
