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 sprint race in Q🐭atar.

The brothers locked horns on the first lap of Satuꦉrday’s shorter race at the Qatar MotoGP.

Pole-sitter Marc fought back successfully when he was overtaꦺken by Alex, who started from second on the grid.

Gresini’s Alex was plotting another move throughout the sprint but was never able to find his oppor🥂tunity.

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 go🐬od first lap, which was the th🌊ing I was most nervous for.

“I tried to keep up my pace. I was cloཧse to Marc, I attacked him once.𓆉 But he went inside again…

“I 𝔉kept the rhythm. I was really close to Marc and I believed ‘keep here, maybe later we can attack’.

“But he was really fast in the left corners. It’s unbelievable how he turns, how he kౠeeps the line.

“At Turn ♕12 I nearly crashed… I said ‘okay🤡 it’s time to give up a little bit’.

“I w♛atched 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 things fo�♉�r [Sunday] but I am happy with our overall performance.”

Alex entered Qatar as the MotoGP championship leader for the first time, owing to finishing P2 iꩵn all six races prior.

Although h꧑e has now fiཧnished second for a seventh consecutive time, his brother Marc has reclaimed top spot in the championship after winning the sprint.

Alex was warned that his key opportunity to hand his brother a setba▨ck was on the f🍌irst laps of the sprint race.

On Sunday in the grand prix it will again be the Marquez brothers on t𒅌he front row.