Alex Marquez: “I nearly crashed, I said ‘time to give up a bit…’”
Alex Marquez explains the moment where he was forced to adꩲmit defeat to Marc Marquez

Alex Marquez has described how 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez’s brilliance forced him to concede victory in the 𒅌sprint race 🔜in Qatar.
The brothܫers locked horns on the first lap of Saturday’s shorter race at the Q🅘atar MotoGP.
Pole-sitter 𒉰Marc fough💮t back successfully when he was overtaken by Alex, who started from second on the grid.
Gresini’s Alex was plotting another move throughout th♓e sprint but w🧸as never able to find his opportunity.
Alex Marquez describes Marc Marquez battle in Qatar
“I was feeling super good,” 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez said. “I had a good start and a good first lap, which was the thing I was most nervous f�ꦕ�or.
“I tried to keep up my pace.ജ I was close to Marc, I attacked him once. But he went inside again…
“I kept the rhythm. I was really close to Marc and I🤡 believed ‘keep here, maybe later we can attack’.
“But he was 𝔍really fast in the left corners. It’s unbelievable how he turns, how he keeps the line.
“At Turn 12 I nearly crashed… I said ‘okay it’s time to give uꦚp a little bit’.
“I watched on the pit board, and the gap from 🌼the third rider was bigger and bigger.
I said ‘just go to the end, relax a bit…’
“It was a good race. I need to improve some thing🧜s for [Sunday] bﷺut I am happy with our overall performance.”
Alex entered Qatar as the MotoGP champion🧔ship leader for the first time,♕ owing to finishing P2 in all six races prior.
Although he has now finished second for a seventh consecutive time, his b♋rother Marc has reclaimed top spot in the championship after winning the sprint.
Alex was warned that his key opportunity to hand his brother a setback was o♑n the first laps of the sprint race.
On Sunda🙈y in the grand prix it will again be the Marquez brothers on the front row.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American s༺ports, to football, to F1.