168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez admitted he stopped pushing for the podium at the Qatar MotoGP due to concerns about his front tyre.

On his Ducati grand prix debut, Marquez secured a P4 finish (after P5) in the sprint, 🀅having pressurised Pramac’s Jorge Martin who clung on to finish third.

Marquez later revealed that he stopped trying to overtake Martin in the final stage💧s to avoid crashing.

“The last two la✱ps I gave up because I saw the chance to crash,” he was quoted by&nbs🐻p;.

“And the chance to take two more poinꦚts, three more point♛s…

"I preferred to finish fourth and wait for two weeks in🍌 Portimao."

Marquez detailed his performance w🙈hic𒅌h concluded by managing his front tyre over the finish line.

"We analysed with the team a lot of things to try to manage the start, it was bett🍬er today," he sa𓆏id.

"So, this he🐈lped the race a lot. Then I was able to manage wellඣ the tyres.

"The thing was yesterday I struggled and today most of the riders were managing the rear, but I was managin🀅g the front more🔴 than the rear because every year with the other bike [the Honda] I was struggling a bit with the front tyre in this race track.

"Anyway, I need to improve my riding styꦕle in some points because still I'm not riding well. But today the race was constant, solid.

"I did my attack in the last eight laps, and when I did the attack it was when I started to push more with the f🌱ront and I finished the front tyre.”

Marquez’s first ro♚und racing with the GP23 was largely hailed a succe🧔ss after a fifth-place and fourth-place finish in the sprint and grand prix respectively.

The bad news for him is that Francesco Bagnaia, the reigning chaꦑmpion, is already leading the standings af♎ter winning the first Sunday race.

And Bagnaia’s nearest challenger last year, Martin, won the sprin🌠t to signal 🐽his own intention to resume battling for top spot this season.