Marc’s championship Marquez started with 11 points. A fifth position that does not go far from the maximum potential of the Honda shown at the end of 2021 and in general on the Lusail track, where the home of the golden wing has never been the favorite (it has not won in Qatar since 2014). Pol Espargaró’s third place, however, showed al Cabroncito how the podium was reachable. With a different choice of tires, perhaps using the medium instead of the soft at the front, Marquez might have obtained a better result. But, after the fall of the warm up and also considering the difficulties of ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo, this result is very good for the eight-time world champion.
“I ran out of speed today. There were four riders who were stronger than us and faked in front. We had a pretty good race, considering the track was difficult for my driving style. Here I have always struggled. If you go slow and play it in the end, I can do well, but if you go fast right away like today, no. I wore out the front tire, in the warm up I tried the average but I crashed. When I started to see that I no longer had any in front of me, I thought about finishing the race. And in the end it’s not bad to have finished fifth on a track where I struggle“, He told Sky Sport MotoGP. “This morning with the fall in the warm up I lost feeling, because I did not understand the fall. In the race, when I had one or two warnings and I was behind Bastianini, I realized that today was not the right day. Pol with the same bike was very strong from the start, congratulations to him. Bastianini was one step ahead of everyone and won the race. I still don’t feel comfortable, but physically I was fine and for this I am happy. For the result of course you always want to do better. Today I wanted to start with the average in front because I knew I would have more. That fall, however, took away my confidence“.
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