Marc Marquez 80% sure of Le Mans crash, Jerez ‘avoided’ it, ‘because I know myself’

Marc Marquez was second in dramatic French MotoGP

Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 French MotoGP
Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2025 French MotoGP
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Marc Marquez says he is “80% sure” he’d have crashed in the wet MotoGP French Grand Prix had ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚit not been for the error he made two weeks prior at Jerez.

The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:factory Ducati rider crashed in the opening laps of the Spanish Grand Prix a fortnight ago while running in the podium places and𝓀 with pace enough to fight for the win.

This mistake is something that has proved to be a vital learning experience for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez, who cautiously rode to second in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:the wet French GP on Sunday.

The result, along with his win in the French GP sprint, has𝕴 put him 22 points clear in the championship having come into the round trailing by a point from his Jerez crash.

Marc Marquez "80% sure" claim at French MotoGP

Had he come away from J𓆏erez with a win, Marquez believes he would have likely hit the deck at Le Mans “because I know myself”.

“Was that kind of Sunday that you can do a mista𓂃ke, or it’s easy,” he said o🧜n Sunday in the post-race press conference.

“But the fact that I did a mistake in Jerez avoided tꦅhe mistake today, because if not, if I came from a victory from Jerez I’m 80% sure I would crash today because I know myself.

“So, that mistake of Jerez… I need to keep thinking about this aౠnd try to imprꦉove for the future.”

Marquez added that the French GP, which also saw him serve two long lap penalties for changing bikes on the warm-up lap as well as a flag🅰-to-flag pitstop to go to wet tyres, was one of damage limitation.

“It was the kind of day where you nee⛦d to minim🍒ise the damage,” he explained.

“Why, because in those conditions it’🎃s super easy to do a sm𒈔all mistake.

“In the race, I was just trying to control Alex [Marquez], who is the main oppon🌃ent for the championship at the moment; he is the one who is closest to me.

“Just I tried to manage that distance 🥀between him.

“In one point, when I go out with the rain [tyres] I pushed and I saw I was closingᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Johaꦜnn, but eight seconds were too much [of a gap to make up].

“And riding in 1m45s was too 🔴much of a risk and I go back to 1m46s, 1m47s, finish the race and done.”

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