Marquez, on the fight with Rossi: “It has happened to me by the head, the incident of 2015”

The fall of Rossi that avoids the morbidity: Marquez wins Sepang

by Jorge Martin, the champion of Moto3: the pilot that grew between engine noise

Marc Marquez achieved his first victory in Sepang from 2014. The MotoGP world champion benefited from the fall of Valentino Rossi with four laps when he was leading the race. At that time, the Spanish was launched for him, to the point of reaching him, ready for another duel of time.

“When I was riding, I have to admit that it has happened to me by the head, the incident of 2015. I have tightened to the max and I have had two scares during the race, but I have seen that I was getting closer to Valentino,” said Marquez after the race. The “incident” referred to was the controversy kick him twice three years ago the Italian when he fought for the World.

But Valentino was on the ground and Marc relaxed. “In the curve 1 has committed a mistake and I took advantage. It would have been nice to be able to fight until the last lap for the victory. When I saw that it fell, it was more relaxed,” he acknowledged.

“I Wanted to get to the last lap with him”

in Addition, the Cervera explained his intentions in the penultimate round of the championship. “I’ve been quick to second. In the acceleration I have consumed the rubber back a lot at the beginning, then I stopped there to not force too much. After I changed the rhythm to a lack of eight laps. I know, the plan was to try to overtake Rossi. I wanted to get to the last lap and to come with him. When you’re struggling in a battle as well, you don’t want to lose even a tenth,” he said.

“My goal was to fight for the victory. I knew dry was going well: I thought I was on the triumph. Little by little I have been adapting myself on the track. Today has been a career extremely difficult: we didn’t have the perfect bike. I have driven with the instinct. I was fighting with myself and fighting with the bike to try and hunt down Valentino”, he continued.

finally, the Catalan gave the congratulations to the madrid Jorge Martin (Honda) and Italian Francesco Bagnaia (Kalex) by their titles Moto3 and Moto2 conquered in the path of asia. “I want to congratulate Jorge Martín and ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia by their World. We will celebrate together in Valencia”, he concluded.

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