Marc Marquez lauded for genius overtake but Jorge Martin is a big problem for him
“I actually don’t know how he turned that bike. He was c🐭oming in so 🃏fast, and from so far back…
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez secured a P2 finish at the French MotoGP by brilliantly passing Francesco Bagnaia on💝 the last lap but his tit🅰le hopes might be edging further away.
The Gresini Ducatiꦰ rider repeated his Saturday sprint result in Sunday’s grand prix, by going from 13th on the grid to runner-up.
But, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin’s victory in both races at Le Mans have✱ given him an iron grip on the championship chas🦹e.
Marquez en🌺tered Le Mans 32 points behind championship leader Martin, 🍃but departs 40 points behind him.
Still, his breathtaking overtake of Bagnaia which ear🔴ned him P2 was a show-stealer.
🌺“He had to dig into his reserves, both physically and in his tyres,” Michael Laverty assessed o♌n TNT Sports.
“He had to work hard to get across the gap,ꦍ but once there was a sniff of it…
“He was two-and-a-half seconds back. He s꧃aid it was difficu𒈔lt to pick off the best riders in the world, so he had to strategise and figure out their weak areas.
“Any open door, he was straight in.
“The back-and-forth with Fabio di Giannantonio cost him six tenths a🐭t the wrong part o𝓀f the race.
“When Diggia attacked, it hurt Mar🅠c’s forward momentum.
“The extra work to get across pr🍒obably hampered his chances at victory.
“He still brought it back for two second-places t🌊his weekend, from 13th on the grid. That is a bit special!”
Sylvain Guintoli added about Marquez’s overtake: “There, were the old instin𓃲cts. He saw the gap and went for it!
“I actually don’t know how he turned that bike. He was coming in so faꦅst, and from so far back…
“Normally you just🍃 run wide, and do꧑ what Enea Bastianini did. But he made it stick and got his revenge from Jerez.”
Marquez on a year-old Ducati is scrapping with B🦩agnaia and Martin who ride G🅠P24s.
“The bike is quite close, in terms of performance, but it’s a 2023 bike,” Gu𓄧intoli said.
“His adaptation is definitely done now.
“How confident was he in the braking zone?
“He said that he had to be careful i♛n how he handles the bike in corner entry, because it’s the biggest difference to the Honda.
“With the Honda h❀is riding style was generating the lap time. He can’t do that with ༒the Ducati.”
Jorge Martin - 'that's what champions do...'
While Marquez is frequently fighting at the front and earning podiums since swapping Hon💝da for Ducati, he is yet to win for the first time this year.
Th𓆏e form of Pramac’s Martin, last year’s runner-up in the championship, is the biggest obstacle between Marquez and a dream title.
Martin is demonstrating the form of thi♚s season’s eventual champion, Marquez has been warned.
🍷“100%, even more so after the mistake he made in the Jerez Sunday race,” Guintoli said about Martin.
“When you come to the next 🎀race, that will 𒆙be in the back of your mind. Especially battling with the same guy.
“The pressure was on. He 𓆏knew he was the strongest. That’s what champions do.
“This year he is puttin🌳g a title [challenge] together from the start which is something he did not do last year.
“He is going to be difficult to beat…”
Laverty added after watching pole-sitter Martin reclaim the lead after a fierce battle with Bagnaia: “It was hard-fought, the back-and-forth with ൲Pecco.
“Pecco is such a str𓄧ong braker that there weren’t many opportunities for Martin.
“He set it up. He chased him all race long and figured out where the opportunities woul𝓀d arise.
“The roll around the outside at Turn 1, through 2, then late braking int♐o 3.
“You know🍸 Pecco will cut it back an🌄d try to out-brake you, under the Dunlop Bridge.
“On this occasion, Martin was sm💙artꦗ. He didn’t allow the cut-back from Pecco.
“Pecco responded with the class o🤡f a worl🤪d champion. It wasn’t easy for Martin, he had to dig deep.”
Martin leads the cꦯhampiౠonship with 129 points after five rounds.
Bagnaia is second w🌟ith 91 poiওnts, Marquez and Enea Bastianini are joint-third with 89.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports 🐲for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
