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 coming iღn so fast, and from so far back…

Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez

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.

T𒊎he Gresini Ducati rider repeated his Saturday sprint result in Sunday’s grand prix, by going from 13th on the g📖rid 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 Maꦗns have given him an iron grip on the championship cℱhase.

Marquez entered Le ﷽Mans 32 po♓ints behind championship leader Martin, but departs 40 points behind him.

Still, his bre🌸athtaking overtake of Bagnaia which earned him P2 was a show-stealer.

“He had to dig into his reserves, both physically and in his tyres,” M♓ichael Laverty assessed on TNT Sports.

“He had to work hard to get across the gap, but once there was a sniff o🌸f it…

“He was two-and-a-half🦩 seconds back. He said it was difficult 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 at the wrong part of the ra𒆙ce.

“When Diggia attacked,🌳 it hurt Marc’s for🌠ward momentum.

“The extra work to get across probably hampered his 💎chances at vic🦄tory.

“He 🌜still brought it back for two second-places this weekend, from 13th on the grid. That iꦍs a bit special!”

Sylvain Guintoli added about Marquez’s overtake: “There, were the old instinct🌠s. He saw the gap and wen🌳t for it!

“I actually don’t🍌 know how he turned that bike. He was coming in so fast, and from so far back…

“No💃rmally you just run wide, and do what Enea Bastianini did. But he made it s📖tick and got his revenge from Jerez.”

Marquez on a year-old Ducati is scrapp🦂ing with Bagnaia and🎶 Martin who ride GP24s.

“The bike is quite close, in te🧔rms of performance, but it’s a 2023 bike,” Guintoli said.

“His adaptation is definitely done now.

“How confident was he in the braking zone?

“He said that he had to be careful in how he handles the bike in corner entry, because it’s the biggest difference to th💖e Honda.

“Wit𓄧h t🍰he Honda his 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 Honda for Ducati, he is yet to w✃in for the first time this year.

The form of Pramac’s Martin, last year’s runner-up in the championship, is the biggest obstacꦇle between Marquez and a dream title.

Martin is demonstrating the f꧋orm of this season’s eventual cha🍨mpion, 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 be in the back of your mind꧒. Especially battling with the same guy.

“The pressu🌠re was on. He knew he was the strongest. That’s what champions do.

“This year he is putting 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 po🦩le-sitter Mar𓃲tin reclaim the lead after a fierce battle with Bagnaia: “It was hard-fought, the back-and-forth with Pecco.

“Pecco i⛦s such a strong braker that there weren’tꦅ many opportunities for Martin.

“He set it up. He chased him all race long and figured out wh▨ere the opportunities would arise.

“The roll arouཧnd the outside ܫat Turn 1, through 2, then late braking into 3.

“You know Pecco will cut it back and try 🍃to out-brake you, under the Du𒐪nlop Bridge.

“On this occasion, Martin was smart. He didn’t allow the cut-back from Pec꧋coꦕ.

“Pecco responded with the clas♓s of a world champion. It wasn’t easy for Martin, he had to 𓆉dig deep.”

Martin leads tꦗhe championship with 129 po🔥ints after five rounds.

Bagnaia is second with 91 point𒐪s, Marquez and Enea Bastianini are joint-third with 89.

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