MotoGP French GP – Marquez (1st): "My approach was a little different"

MotoGP title holder Marc Marquez returns to victory at Le Mans (72) for the first time since 2014, after a 2018 French Grand Prix carried out by the official Honda rider.. Debriefing.

Marc Marquez, Honda-Repsol (2nd in qualifying and 1st in race) : "I was the only one who opted for a hard rear tire, so my approach was a little different. I knew the tire would take a little while to heat up. But I also knew I could go quickly with it, because I had noticed it in. Suffice to say that it was really decisive ". 

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"At the front, however, I opted for a medium tire … I was having a bit of trouble and I saw several drivers get trapped because we were all on the attack. But we managed well. this race and to be honest from the moment Andrea was "out" my racing philosophy changed completely. The riders behind were quick, but not as fast as him. ".

Site analysis : At a press conference after the, Marc Marquez named a driver as the favorite for victory … It was not Johann Zarco, who had just signed a record pole at home, but Andrea Dovizioso, whose race pace the HRC representative worried.

 

"The fastest guy isn’t here: he’s on the second row," said the defending champion, referring to "DesmoDovi", fifth on the grid. "Dovi has a little something extra", worried the n ° 93, who decided to feint to gain the advantage over the Ducati rider by choosing the hard rear tire, when all his rivals opted for the soft one. !

This daring choice involved the first laborious laps, during which Marc Marquez was on eggshells to follow the leading group … But touching the limits is not a real problem for "the acrobat of MotoGP", to whom fate gave a little boost as the readers of, with the successive falls of Iannone (from), Dovizioso () then Zarco () were able to follow it during the race !

Can anyone stop ?

It was another win for the Reigning Champion at the   

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The quadruple MotoGP world champion had only to get rid – manly – of Jorge Lorenzo on the 10th lap to take the tangent by maintaining his lead over Danilo Petrucci and Valentino Rossi. This victory, his third in a row after and, has a particular taste for Marquez because he remained on two consecutive falls at Le Mans. ! 

But this year, the genius of Marc Marquez once again seems to be able to express itself in all conditions, even on circuits which are not traditionally favorable to him. The reason ? The new balance of its Honda, particularly powerful on this 2018 vintage equipped with new aerodynamic fairings.

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"I feel like I was on the bike in 2014," rejoices the reigning champion, who that year had crushed the first ten races of the season to win his second premier class title. His rivals may tremble as the next meeting in early June in Tuscany approaches, the Italian GP, ​​where Marc Marquez will land with 36 points ahead of Viñales and 37 over Zarco !

"During the private practice at Mugello (just after the Spanish GP, editor’s note), I was pretty fast and consistent. On paper it’s another complicated track for us, but we’ll see where we are and then it will also depend on the track temperatures ", predicts the n ° 93, big favorite to his own succession in 2018.

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