Marco Bezzecchi “risked everything, had a lot of fun” in 20th to 8th charge
Marco Bezzecchi push💟es to the limit after qualifying nightmare leaves the British MotoGP winner 20th on the grid at💦 Aragon.
Silvers🌜tone winner Marco Bezzecchi’s Aragon MotoGP hopes took a major blow during a nightmare qualifying that𓂃 left the Aprilia star just 20th on the grid.
After falling on♍ his out lap, Bezzecchi made it back to the pits in time to return o✨n his spare bike.
But he soon returꦬned to the pits again due to a technical issue, which he later revealed to be brake-related.
Although the team were able to check the bike and get Bezzecchi out in time♒ for one flying lap, he🌌 could only outpace Honda rookie Somkiat Chantra.
“In Turn 3, there is a lot of😼 banking, so y🅷ou only need to touch the kerb a little bit and you lose the front,” Bezzecchi explained.
“Then with the second bik𒆙e, when I rejoined t💃he track, I felt a strange feeling on the brake. So I came back immediately to the box.
"The🌺 brake was getting bettꦚer [as the lap went on], but at the beginning was really strange, so this is why I entered the box.
“The team checked and nothing wasಞ wrong, so I started again🅺, but I was only able to make one lap and I didn't have a good feeling overall.
"This is why I 🗹wasn't really quick;ඣ making only one lap and with no good feeling on the brakes.”
Despite the narrow racing line, Bezzecchi helped make amends for his qualifying mishap by pasꦓsing twelve riders in the space of seven laps in the afternoon Sprint.
He then kept eighth place, and two points, until the chequered flag, with the next group of r🉐iders alm🌼ost within reach.
“I risked everything!” Bezzecchi said of his Sprint charge. “And I asked everything from🗹 my bike and the tyres to really try to recover as 𒉰quick as I could.
“This𒁏 is why in the end I was fast, but it was difficult because I stressed a lot everyth𒆙ing.
“I had a l♔ot of fun. I have🦩 to be honest, but it's better to overtake when you are more in front!
The𓃲 Italian was among just five riders to fit the medium rather than soft rear tyre, also giving him valuable data for the full-length grand prix.
“For sure I had a good pace to try to fight for the top ꧃five today,” he reflected. “If I look at Diggia, Morbidelli, Acosta I was not so far at the end of the Sprint, but I started at the back. Let's see tomorrow.”
Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez was the next best Aprilia rider, in♏ tenth place.
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