Marc Marquez: Bastianini ‘a rocket', tyre smoke ‘under control’

Marc Marquez: "Bastianini in the last two laps📖 was a rocket! He was super fast!”

Enea Bastianini, Marc Marquez, 2024 Italian MotoGP
Enea Bastianini, Marc Marquez, 2024 Italian MotoGP

Ducati’s 93rd win by the #93 wasn’t to be, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez instead missing the MotoGP podium f﷽or the first time in four rounds at Mugello on Sunday.

The Gresini rider held fourth place for much of the race, then 🍎moved into a podium position by finally passing Enea Bastianini on lap 18 of 23.

The eight-time world champion then set his sights on title leader Jorge Marti🦩n, but Bastianini swept past them both with a late burst of speed for a Ducati Lenovo one-two behind Francesco Bag꧒naia.

“Today we had the pace, we had the speed,” Marquez told MotoGP.com. “I was there, always fighting and close to the🌳 first guys – Pecco, Martin and Bastianini. But during almost all the race I was stuck behind Bastianini.

“I tried many different things [to pass him]. 🎐I tried to open a gap, come back and try to control the front pressure. But it was it was not possible. Then when 5 laps remained I had a smalꦦl chance on the first corner.

“From that point I say ‘OK now it's time to catch Martin✃’. And we were catching him. But Basti🦋anini in the last two laps was a rocket! He was super fast!”

Marquez꧃, runner-up to Francesco Bagnaia in♒ the Sprint, had been leaving puffs of tyre smoke out of the final corner, apparently caused by his ride-height device rubbing.

“It didn't affect me,” Marquez clarified. “Maybe it affected a bit the tyre, but we know what's going on there with those bumps𝐆, also on that point we s🍃quat a bit the rear shock.

“It’s true that with the ‘23 bike we have less spaꦫce between the tyre and the seat. And then we are always trying to be on the limit [with how low we drop the ride height device], because then you have better speed.

“But it's something under ꧂control, it's only smoke. Duca🍌ti is working on it.”

Marquez🍷 remains third in the world championsh🍰ip, 35 points behind title leader Martin and now 18 points from Bagnaia.

Fabio di Giannantoniꦅo was the next best GP23 rid🎐er after Marquez on Sunday, eight seconds further back in seventh place.

Marquez will join his rivals for a day of official testing at Mugello on Monday🎉♑.

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