From contact with brother Alex to victory: Marc Marquez candid about his Sunday in Qatar

The fall in Texas is already a distant memory: Marc Marquez, in Qatar, returned to dominance, winning both the Sprint Race and the Grand Prix, and he did so even taking some risks, such as the contact at the start of Sunday’s race with his brother Alex. An episode that the number 93 went over in words with ‘Sky Sports‘ taking responsibility for it.

“The contact with Alex happened because of me – admitted Marc Marquez, who this year has won all of the Sprint and three of the four GPs -. I opened the throttle and my rear end went off, Morbidelli passed me on the left while Alex was on the right and hit me. I lost the wing but nothing major, fortunately he didn”t have any problems with his hand.

Number 93’s Sunday then continued with great attention to tire wear: “At the beginning of the race I didn’t want to push, we had to prevent the front tire from wearing out too soon. I knew that Bagnaia would come back up and when he passed me I told myself that the race started there”.

“The victory is more important than the first two Grands Prix, because it came from a bad mistake on my part in Texas– added the Catalan centaur -. I was angry with myself but here the weekend was perfect, despite some wear problems with the tire due to my riding style. Now we think about the next race”.