Marc Marquez’s time with the Gresini Ducati team ended with🎀 a second place that was enough to clinch third in the riders’ standings.

It was a result wh♏ich came despite Marquez’s own struggles at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya which were highlighted in Saturday’s Sprint, in which Marquez finished a distant seventh.

“Today was a difficult day, esp🐬ecially because yesterday was a difficult Sprint race,” Marquez told the post-race press conference in Barcelona.

He added that some technical changes to his bike🌌 setup were key to his improved performance on൲ Sunday.

“But my technician was super-gr🉐eat through the night⛎ — he doesn’t sleep a lot I think.

“We analysed everything we did, and we come back more 💛o💝r less to the bike we started with in FP1. 

"Already in the Warm Up I st🧸art to feel better and in the race I was riding in my way.

“Of course, we had some we♚ak points, but🍨 I was strong in my strong points, so that was super-positive.”

Marquez spent❀ the entire race behind Francesco Bagnaia, closing in at several points but ultimately dropping back in the closing stages without having mounted a serious challenge for the♍ lead.

“It was many laps behind Pecco𒀰, trying to control the situation,” Marque♏z explained. 

“But those last five laps I couldn’t follow him. Every time when I was close to🦩 him, the front𝓰 started to lose a lot for the temperature.

“Today he was much faster than me. But that second place is the best ending to this very nice chapter in ♓my career that was with the Gresini team where I enjoyed a lot and it’s the best way to say thanks.”