Malaysian GP – Marquez (1st): "It was just a matter of instinct"

Boosted in his chase behind Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez evokes additional motivation based on "instinct and attack" which allows him to pocket his 70th victory in the MotoGP Grand Prix (the 44th victory in MotoGP) by giving Honda the 2018 constructor title… while regretting not having completed his duel against the Doctor … Debriefing.

Marc Marquez, Honda Repsol (1st in qualifying then demoted to 7th place and 1st in race) : "It was a difficult race, at first because I started from 7th place. I didn’t have a great start then I had a good first lap which was good, but not one of the best in my career. Little by little I overtook drivers until second place. I saw that Valentino was attacking so I started to pursue him by turning in qualifying times! But in doing so, I did overheating the rear tire. The front also was heating up and I didn’t have a good feeling. So for a few laps I slowed down just tried to calm things down and I felt better and better ".

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"It would have been nice to see the end of the duel with Rossi"

"I saw that I was getting closer to Valentino and honestly it gave me motivation again. From there it was just a matter of instinct and attack, as you can imagine. allow when you already have the title of world champion. Unfortunately, he made a small mistake in turn 1. It’s a shame because it would have been nice to see how the duel would have ended. anyway, when I saw him fall I calmed things down with the goal of finishing the race. We won and it’s the best way to win the constructor’s title. I also congratulate Jorge Martin and "Pecco" Bagnaia for their titles of world champions (respectively in Moto3 and Moto2, editor’s note). We will celebrate it together in Valence ".

MNC analysis : World champion or not, Marc Marquez attacks and that’s good for the show. Far from managing his races "wisely", even if it means taking risks which can sometimes seem inconsiderate, the HRC official even explains that this title acquired in Japan allowed him to give everything to catch up with his "best enemy" Valentino Rossi, on the same Sepang circuit where the two men had .

And it does not matter that his for having embarrassed Andrea Iannone in qualifying: this game of cat and mouse – in which Rossi excelled – is now working to his advantage, whether he is a cat or a mouse: two weeks ago in Japan , that’s who paid the price. Yesterday in Malaysia, it is again the honorable Doctor who has young Marquez, just after being panned on the position of his pursuer…

For his part, the president of the HRC is delighted to win this new constructor title in the world championship, 24th in the premier category. "Two weeks ago we won the pilot title in Japan thanks to the incredible performance of Marc Marquez, who has been extremely consistent and fast throughout the season," said Yoshishige Nomura. "Today we are winning again and we won our seventh MotoGP constructor’s title in eight years, the third in a row".

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