Marc Marquez endures first Ducati crash and a tech issue in Sepang test
Marc Marquez's fall on Tuesday at the Sepang test w🃏as only minor - but was his first on a Ducati
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez crashed his Ducati for the first time on Tuesday at the MotoGP Sepang test.
But it was only a minor fall, and he was immediately able to pick up his GP23 and start lapping 🀅again.
Last year Marquez crashed a total of 29 times in his final year with Honda, a new unw💝anted personal high.
He will hope that the Ducati’s competitiveness reduces his ta💮lly drastically this season - but the first fall is already out of the way.
It🉐 happened mid-way through the ☂first day of the Sepang test at Turn 15.
Marquez also had technical issues t♒o face on Tuesdayꦓ.
His first run lasted just four corners. He stopped at Turn 4 on his out lap with a proble♍m.
He later stopped a𝔍t Turn 1 but whispers from the Gresini garage suggested it was just a mi🔯nor issue.
Ducati boss Gigi Dall’Igna was later spotted visiting the Gresini garage, perhaps keeping a🐻n eye on Marquez’s problem.
Elsewhere, MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia suffered a crash on the first morning of the test. He went down on Turn 11 but returned to his box and was able to ride again afterwar🧸ds.
Raul Fernandez endured a “big highside”, according to 🐷his team, Trackhouse. He went to the medical centre but was given the all clear.
Augusto Fernandez and Alex Marquez also crashed.
Marc Marquez finished the day ninth-fastest🅠, +0.670s off the pace-setter Jorge Martin.
Jamꩵes was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
