Marc Marquez “shouldn’t be normalised” after sensational ride with a broken wing
“He was having to c🙈ompensate. But he can make the difference.🥀"
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez was praised for another remarkable ride in the sprint race on Saturday at the Catalunya MotoGP.
The Gresini Ducati finished runn💃er-up behind Aleix Espargaro after three leaders all crashed out.
Marquez started from 14th and endured a broken wing, but🌟 still overtook the impressive Pedro Acosta to secure an unlikely podium.
“He can make it happen,” TNT Sports' Michael Laverty said about the brilliant M♏arquez♐.
“Even on the last lap he was making an overtake into Turn 1, but his bike was wheelieing more༺ because it didn’t have thatᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ extra downforce.
“He used the draft to his benefit.
“Throughout the race, Acosta was arguably the best on the brakes. But Marc just levels him. He makes it🐼 happen, and does what Pedro was doing. Then he protects it, and pulls it back.
“It shouldn’t be normalised. He was 14th on the grid! He worked ꦬhis way through. Finishes second, up to second in the championship.
“It’s Marc doing Marc things, it’s so impressive to watch.☂”
Th🌠e broken wing did not hamper Marquez’s charge through the field.
But, afterwards, it wasꦜ noted how♚ much he overcame.
“You feel ౠlike the ༺bike is being pulled to one side,” Sylvain Guintoli said.
“It’s like a side wind, when you are c♌ycling. You have to 𒊎lean, even when you are going straight. It feels like that.
“It didn’t have a massive effect because M♔arc still had the♔ pace to make some moves.
“But you will feel it. The wings bring stability. If one is miss🐓ing, you feel unstable.”
Laverty replied: ✤“He was having to compensate. But he cꦜan make the difference.
“He has always been good at positioning his body to make the bike work when it doesn෴’t want to do something.
“He shouldn’t hℱave been on the podium. It was a little lucky because three front-runners fell out.
“He was there to pick up the pieces.”
'Make your own luck'
Although Marquez was fortunate to see Raul Fernandez, B♕rad Binder and Pecco Bagnaia fall from the lead, he was credited for notꦚ succumbing with a similar error.
“Especially when the conditions are tricky, you have to make 🔴your own luck,” Guintoli said💟.
“You have to stay in control, be cold and calculated, and not 𒀰make mistakes.
“Clearly, it was so easy to make mista🐎kes. So easy to🍸 overcook it, to blow it. We saw many riders do it.
“The rider that keeps cool and manages the situation wins. Espargaro did that well. But Marquez from♛ 14th? Not panicking, getting a great start, keeping his pace withou𓆉t the wing.
“Something like that, mentally, you switch off. It wouldn’t ♎have felt right on th𓃲e straights or the exit of corners.
“You have🍸 to keep composed. This is where t🐓o see champions.”
Marquez rose to second in the 🐬MotoGP championship, 37 points from leader Jorge Martin.
Martin finished fourth in Saturday’s sprint.
“Jorge still delivered solid points scoring with Pecco on the gro🌱und,” Laverty said.
“He gave away a few points to💮 Marquez but will still be happy tonight. He will regroup and c🔯ome back tomorrow.
“Ovꦡer a race distance, Jorge will have something ꦺtomorrow.”
Guintoli previewed Sunday’s grand prix: “There will be more tyre management over a lꦅonger distance.ꦗ Lap times will drop.
“We have moꦓre consistent tyres but no grip. People will have to🌼 manage, and be clever.”
James was a ꦅsports journalist at Sky Sports f༒or a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
