Marc Marquez (2nd): "I had to cut the gas and Rins was able to pass"

Author of his 88th pole on Saturday at Silverstone, Marc Marquez expected to fight hard against several opponents during the GP of Great Britain this Sunday. Ultimately, the champion only had one rival to fight. And as in Austria, the No. 93 Honda bowed…

Marc Marquez, Honda n ° 93 (1st in qualifying and 2nd in race) : "I’m happy with the result in the championship, but not with the result of the race because losing in the last moments after leading is not the best feeling. Going the whole race in front is difficult here because we use everything more. . I tried to go slow for a lap to see if Rins was going to take the lead, but he didn’t. I knew Vinales was behind us, so I kept on attacking. My goal didn’t. was not the race but the championship, and if the Yamaha riders had arrived we might have been able to finish lower. In the last corner, I got a heat from the front and had to cut the throttle, which allowed Rins to pass. We are happy despite everything because we leave with 78 points ahead of the second: I hope that Dovi is doing well after his big crash, I hope he can recover well and come back because it’s always better to win by fighting ".

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The Honda official n ° 93 indeed totals 250 points (out of 300 maximum) and takes advantage of the unfortunate fall of Andrea Dovizioso to increase his lead to 78 points, that is to say more than three victories … But there are only seven left. races to be played before the awards ceremony! And yet, this Sunday at Silverstone, Marc lost.

Already during free practice, the Spanish rider and his factory RCV were dominated by Fabio Quartararo and his private M1. In qualifying, obtaining his 88th pole position (!) Had been made doubly easier: on the one hand by the technical glitch of the French driver on his main machine, on the other by the Valentino Rossi locomotive which opened the track for him in end of Q2.

On Saturday night, Marc Marquez even predicted a difficult Sunday: "I think we can be strong tomorrow in the race, but there will be many rivals, that’s for sure". In the end, he only had to deal with one and new, particularly tough opponent..

Before this Sunday, the champion was only beaten in 2019 by three drivers in the race, on a regular basis: Andrea Dovisiozo (Qatar and Austria), Danilo Petrucci (Italy) and Maverick Vinales (Netherlands). In the United States for the record, Marquez had fallen, leaving his probable victory to a fourth man, Alex Rins…

But it is the same Suzuki n ° 42 which stuck to the backrest of the n ° 93 Honda during the majority of the 20 laps of the British Grand Prix. And like at the Red Bull Ring two weeks ago against Dovi, the Spanish rider and his RCV lost in the last corner of the last lap…

Deprived in the last few meters of a 77th success in the motorcycle Grand Prix (he would have beaten the legendary Mike Hailwood, but consoles himself by equaling the 88 podiums of Giacomo Agostini in the premier class!), Marquez will undoubtedly have to reconsider his strategy and opt for as soon as he can for a more solitary type of race … therefore less spectacular? Case to follow.

2019 British MotoGP Grand Prix Results

1. Alex RINS – Team Suzuki Ecstar – Suzuki: 40’12.799
2. Marc MARQUEZ – Repsol Honda Team – Honda: + 0.013
3. Maverick VIÑALES – Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP – Yamaha: + 0.620
4. Valentino ROSSI – Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP – Yamaha: + 11.439
5. Franco MORBIDELLI – Petronas Yamaha SRT – Yamaha: + 13.109
6. Cal CRUTCHLOW – LCR Honda Castrol – Honda: + 19.169
7. Danilo PETRUCCI – Ducati Team – Ducati: + 19.682
8. Jack MILLER – Pramac Racing – Ducati: + 20.318
9. Pol ESPARGARO – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing – KTM: + 21.079
10. Andrea IANNONE – Aprilia Racing Team Gresini – Aprilia: + 25.144
11. Francesco BAGNAIA – Pramac Racing – Ducati: + 40.317
12. Sylvain GUINTOLI – Team Suzuki Ecstar – Suzuki: + 45.478
13. Hafizh SYAHRIN – Red Bull KTM Tech 3 – KTM: + 54.783
14. Jorge LORENZO – Repsol Honda Team – Honda: + 56.651
15. Karel ABRAHAM – Reale Avintia Racing – Ducati: + 1’29.282
16. Tito RABAT – Reale Avintia Racing – Ducati: + 1’31.716
17. Takaaki NAKAGAMI – LCR Honda Idemitsu – Honda: + 1’40.420

Unclassified :

• Miguel OLIVEIRA – Red Bull KTM Tech 3 – KTM 12 Tours
• Johann ZARCO – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing – KTM 12 Tours
• Aleix ESPARGARO – Aprilia Racing Team Gresini – Aprilia 1 Tour
• Fabio QUARTARARO – Petronas Yamaha SRT – Yamaha 0 Tour
• Andrea DOVIZIOSO – Ducati Team – Ducati 0 Lap

Provisional classification of the 2019 MotoGP championship

1. Marc MARQUEZ Honda 250
2. Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati 172
3. Alex RINS Suzuki 149
4. Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati 145
5. Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha 118
6. Valentino ROSSI Yamaha 116
7. Jack MILLER Ducati 94
8. Fabio QUARTARARO Yamaha 92
9. Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda 88
10. Franco MORBIDELLI Yamaha 69
11. Pol ESPARGARO KTM 68
12. Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda 62
13. Joan MIR Suzuki 39
14. Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia 33
15. Francesco BAGNAIA Ducati 29
16. Andrea IANNONE Aprilia 27
17. Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM 26
18. Johann ZARCO KTM 22
19. Jorge LORENZO Honda 21
20. Stefan BRADL Honda 16
21. Tito RABAT Ducati 14
22. Michele PIRRO Ducati 9
23. Sylvain GUINTOLI Suzuki 7
24. Hafizh SYAHRIN KTM 6
25. Karel ABRAHAM Ducati 5
26. Bradley SMITH Aprilia

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