Marc Marquez told title hopes “disappear today” as engine catches fire

“Marc’s chance of winning the championship disappe꧒ared today"

Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez has been told that his MotoGP championship hopes are finished.

The Gresini Duca💮ti rider dramatically retired early from the Indonesian MotoGP when his engine caug꧒ht fire.

Marquez now finds h♔imself 75 points behind championship leader Jorge Martin who converted pole position into victory at Mandalika.

“It’s an absolute nightmare,” TNT S🧸ports’ Neil Hodgson analysed.

“Marc’s⭕ chance of winning the♏ championship disappeared today.

“He had to rely on being consistent.

“We were coming to the point of the race where M✨arc would have been strong. When the tyres go, and when he co꧅uld use his ability.

“For it to go ‘po🅠🐼p’, then set on fire? I feel for him. He looks flat.”

Marquez’s blunt explan༒ation to TNT Sports was: “The engine broke. It’s something that happens in this competition, it happens in this sport.

“ꦇIt’s not in our hands. Sometimes mechanical🉐 things can happen.

“We won together, we lose together.

“It’s unlucky, of course.

“Thღe pace I had was good to fight for a top five position.”

Marquez has endured a difficu🐟lt 🔜weekend in Indonesia.

Two crashes in qualifying cost him a strong starting position, althouꦕgh he wentꦕ from 12th to the podium in Saturday’s sprint.

Despite his optimism to do the same on Sunday, his GP23 had 💖other ideas.

It now leaves him with a huge deficit to🍒 in-for꧅m Martin wth five rounds remaining.

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