Marc Marquez “something was wrong” | “Worst weekend on a Ducati”
“You know when 𝓰Marc is having a bad weekend because he rides it like a Honda"
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez endured a disappointing British MotoGP which was described a🥀s his worst round oꦏf the season.
The Gresini ride𝓀r finished fourth in Sunday’s grand prix, 24 hours after crashing out from fourth𓃲-place in the sprint race.
He has conceded third-place in the MotoGP standings t☂o Enea Bastianini, who sensation💯ally won the sprint and the grand prix.
“It’s the worst weekend that we’ve seen him on the Ducati,” TNT Sp𒊎orts’ Neil Hodgson said about Marquez.
“Inconsistent through practice, mistakes, crashe💟s. Crashed out of the sprint race.
“He never looked comfortable at any point.
“There were flashes of the old Marquez, trying to make🏅 his time up on the braking. He ꦯmissed the apexes.
“We saw a few aerial vie🀅ws where you could see the exits. He’d gain on entry, gain two bike lengths on the way in, but lose five on the way out.
“You know wh🉐en Marc is having a bad weekend be♌cause he rides it like a Honda, and it doesn’t work.”
Marquez was fifth fo♌r much of Sunday’s race before overtaking Aleix Espargaro in t🌄he latter stages.
He was closing in on Pecco Bag🌃naia, who completed the podium, but ran out of time.
Marquez details Espargaro battle
Marquez told TNT Sports: “This weekend, honestly, we worked super hard with the team and they✅ did an amazing job.
“We started with our ba♔se but, for some reason, and we need to understand why, we we❀re super far at this track.
“Step by♒ step, I felt better. And they gav♛e to me what I needed. They understood in a perfect way.
“That meant that, in the race,🀅 we were closer to the top guys especially in the first 10 laps.
“When the tyres dropped - esp♋ecially Bastianini and Jorge Martin - they were super fast. But Pecco wᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚasn’t far.
“I’m happy wit💫h fourth but unfortunately, yesterday, we missed another fourth place i💛n the sprint race. But okay. We need to keep going.”
Marquez was asked if a long-running scrap w🔯ith Espargaro, which he eventually won, cost him the chance to challenge the podium trio.
“From th🅷e beginning, I understood that something was wrong i🌠n acceleration,” he said.
“We had a small probl🌠em there. But we’veౠ already understood why.
“But yes, I was struggling on acceleration and I arrived 🌃too late on the brake𓆉s.
“For that reason, I overto⭕ok [Espargaro] on C♔orner 3,4. There, you don’t need acceleration.
“Apart fꦏrom that, the fourth plꦺace was a good result.”
Marquez asseses his half-season
The MotoGP season is now at its half-wa🔴y stage, with 1⛄0 rounds gone and another 10 to come.
Marquez is yet tꦦo win a sprint or a grand prix on his new ⛎machine.
He has slipped to fourth in the standings, 62 points away from𒐪 champio🍃nship leader Martin.
He is, however,ꦗ always the fastest rider on the year-old Ducati and often mixing with the factory bike.
Marquez asse🌳ssed his own half-a-season: “Not bad, not bad. Some mꦫistakes.
“Some which are normal with a new bik🔜e, and some which I should have avoided, like yesterday’s. Bღut we are human.
“I am enjoying it with this bike. We’r♓e always in the top five positions.
“We are always the top GP23ཧ🎃 bike, and we are close to the ‘24 bikes. Let’s see if we can keep going.”
James was a sports jour🎀nalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
