168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez was overtaken by Pedro Acosta but claimed the position back to end the Qatar MotoGP positively.

Teenage premier class debutant Acosta thrillingly dived pa♉st the esteemed Marquez into fourth to signal his intention.

But when Acosta’s tyres were worn, Marquez secured P4 on h🎐is first grand prix riding𓆉 a Ducati.

• 2024 Qatar MotoGP, Lusail - Race Results

TNT Sports’ Neil Hodgson insisted Marquez will be “pleased, very pleased” with the first round of 2024, and his first since leaving💃 Honda.

Hodgson continued: “Look, where did the Hondas finish? The top Honda was Johann Zarco i🅠n 12th place.

“You’re not in the race, are you?

“So if Ma꧟rc was on the Honda, of course he’d be in front of [the current Honda riders]. But he’d be nowhere near the front.

“Marc wants to ಌwin but this was a solid we🐷ekend for him.

“I’m pleased he didn’t crash.”

Marquez finished 18 seconds in front 🐽of Zarco, the best-placed Honda, in Qatar 🦩on Sunday.

Sylvain Guintoli sai♊d: “He’ll be happy with that, really happy. He is still adapting to the Ducati riding style after spending all that time at Honda.

“Making that lap time in the braking zones, he’s having to restrain himself, not to push the bike too hard, and to use the efficiency of the Ducati on the corner exitౠ.

“It’s working. This is🏅 not his favourite track. He has only won once here, even when he wa🍃s dominating.

“He’ll be really happy🥃 with both of his races. He was close the podium, great race pace, there would have 🦹been a lot of learning.

“Watch out for Marc Marq🎶uez in the rest of the championꦫship!”

Michael Laverty adde🎃d: “It’s a tough track for him - he’s not crashed, he’s not made many mistakes, he’s brought it home in fourth and fifth, won points. He’ll be going home happy, for sure.”

Marque💖z quit Honda after three injury-ravaged seasons on a bike which ꦉbecame less competitive.

Riding a GP23 Ducati, he finished fifth in Saturday’s sprint before claiming P4 in𓆏 Sunday’s race.

Francesco Bagnaia, the reigning champion, won the grand prix after Jorge Martin wဣon the sprint, meaning last year’s title rivals are immediately establishing themselves in 2024.

Marquez may have some way to go before he can entജer the champion🍨ship fight, but in Qatar he made notable progress.

Tech3 GASGA꧒S’ Acosta, meanwhile, is the most exciting rookie in thܫe premier class since Marquez in 2013.

He fell back to a P9 finish after exciting overtakes on bot🍨h Marquez brothers.

Laverty said: “At one point, I thought ‘dare to dream!’ A🔯 podium o𝕴n his debut?

“But there was a comfort issue, he was losing gri♓p. He started to adjust himself on the straights.

“These overtakes were against seaso💛ned campai൩gners in MotoGP. He means business, a class act.

“He’s so in control of his machine. Whether it kicks sideways when he didn’t e✱xpect it to, he got it back in line.

“His overtakes ඣwere clinical. He was at one with his motorcycle and it was a sh🍎ame that he dropped back at the end.

“There was more in th🥂e locker. Without the tyre wear issওue…

“You could see what it meant to him and the team. An excellent first weekend in Mot🎐oGP.”