Marc Marquez lauded for genius overtake but Jorge Martin is a big problem for him

“I actually don’t know how he turned that bike. He was♌ coming in so fast, and from so far back…

Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez secured a P2 finish at the French MotoGP by brilliantly passing Francesco Bagn💧aia on the last lap bu𝔉t his title hopes might be edging further away.

The Gresi🐻ni Ducati rider repeated his Saturday sprint result in Sunda🦩y’s grand prix, by going from 13th on the grid to runner-up.

But, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin’s victory in both races at Le Mans have given him an iron grip 💃on the championship chase.

༒Marquez entered Le Mans 32 points behind championship leader Martin, bu🅠t departs 40 points behind him.

Stillꦇ, his breathtaking overtake of Bagnaia which earned h💛im P2 was a show-stealer.

“He had to dig into his rese📖rves, both physically and in his tyres,” Michael La🎃verty assessed on TNT Sports.

“He had to work ꦏhard to get across the gꦚap, but once there was a sniff of it…

“He was two-and-a-half seconds back. He said it was difficult to pick off the best riders in the world, so he had to strategise and figure out their weak are😼as.

“Any open door, he was straight in.

“The back-and-forth with Fabio di Giannantonio cost him six tent🧸hs at the wrong part of the race.

“When Diggia🌱 attacked, it hurt Marc’s forward momentum.

“The extra work to get across 🏅probဣably hampered his chances at victory.

“🌠He still brought it back for two second-places this ♕weekend, from 13th on the grid. That is a bit special!”

Sylvain Guintoli added about Marquez’s overtake: “There, were the old instincts. He s𝄹aw the gap and went for it✤!

“I actually don’t know how he turned that bike. He w𒀰as com🐠ing in so fast, and from so far back…

“Normally you just run wide, and do what Enea Bastianini did. Bᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚut he made it stick and got his revenge from Jerez.”

Marquez on a year-old Ducati is scrapping𓃲 with Bagnaia and Martin who ride GP24sও.

“The bike is quite close, in terms of performance, but it’s a 2023 bike,” Guint𒉰oli said.

“His adaptation is definitely done now.

“How confident was he in the braking zone?

“He said that he had to be careful in how he handles the bike in corner entr🧸y, because it’s the biggest difference to💟 the Honda.

“With the Honda his riding style was generating the lap time. He can’t do that with t💞he Ducati.”

Jorge Martin - 'that's what champions do...'

While Marquez is ဣfrequently fighting at the front and earning podiums since swapping Honda for Ducati, he is yet 🧜to win for the first time this year.

The form of Pramac’s Martin,ꦦ last year’s runner-up in the championship, is the biggest obstacle between Marquez anꦚd a dream title.

Martin is demonstrating the form of this season’s eventual champion, Marquez h𝐆as been warned.

“100%, even more so af🎃ter the mistake he made in the Jer🐼ez Sunday race,” Guintoli said about Martin.

“When you come to the next race, that will be in the ba♛ck of your mind. Especially battling with the same guy.

“The 🅺pressure was on.𒉰 He knew he was the strongest. That’s what champions do.

“This year he꧙ is putting a title [challenge✤] together from the start which is something he did not do last year.

“He is going to be difficult to beat…”

Laverty added after watching pole-sitter Martin reclaim the lead after a fierce battle with Bagnaia: “It was hard-🍌fought, the back-and-forth with Pe𓂃cco.

“Pecco is such a stro🎀ng𒊎 braker that there weren’t many opportunities for Martin.

“He set it up. He chased him all race lo𝐆ng and figured out w﷽here the opportunities would arise.

“The roll around the outside at Turn 1, thr💞ough 2, then late braking into 3.

“You know Peccoཧ will cut it back and try to out-br🅰ake you, under the Dunlop Bridge.

“On this occasion, Martin was smart. He🐽 didn’t allow the cut-back from Pecco.

“Pecco responded with ꩲthe class of a world champion. It wasn’t easy for Martin, he had to dig deep.”

Marti🍌n leads the championജship with 129 points after five rounds.

Baღgnaia is second with 91 points, Marquez𝔉 and Enea Bastianini are joint-third with 89.

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