Alex Marquez: “I saw plus zero Marc and said ‘f***, now what do I do?’”
Alex Marquez's jubilant reaction to sharing podium with his brothe🐻r
Ale𒐪x Marquez has given his delighted response to sharing the podium at the German MotoGP with brother Marc Marq𒉰uez.
Jorge Martin crashed out of the lead, surrendering the 𝄹victory and the championship initiative to Pecco Bagnaia at the Sachsenring on Sunday.
Marc was promoted a place into P2, as a result of Martin’s crash, while it gave Alex the chanඣce to complete the pod🧸ium.
The Gresini Duc🤡ati celebrations were wild as their two riders - the Marquez brothers - each finished on🌟 the rostrum.
A thrilled Alex told TNT Sports about scrapping with the front-runners in Germany: “It waꦗsn’t easy to be with the fro♏nt and rear tyre in the perfect time.
“I saw plus zero M🍸arc and said ‘f***, now what do I do?’
“Later on, when I saw Martin’s crash - I am sorry for h🍸im - my body wa🍸s shaking.
“I saw Franco Morbidelli stopped Enea Bastianini. So we were were lucky for that༺.”
The scra༺p between factory Ducati rider Bastiaꦡnini and Pramac’s Morbidelli gave Alex the extra impetus to follow his brother onto the podium.
It meant the two Gresini riders - on GP꧅23s - beat GP24 riders Bastiani🙈ni and Morbidelli.
Alex described his race: “Everybody was trying to saওve tyres. It waꦫs a lap of management, trying not to use the rear tyre.
“Later, I struggled to overtake Morbidelli.”
He said about the dif🐼ference between the bikes:꧅ “They have more in some areas - in the braking and going in - which is where you need to pass…”
Alex later added: “A really good day foღr us. An unexpected podium for me. Before, I said P7 was a real target 💖because we didn’t have the pace.
“But we made changes which worked really well.
“I was losing too much with Franco Moꦕrbidelli. I wasn’t able to take the slipstream from Pecco.
“I’m happy to share the podium fro𒉰m Marc. But, when Jorge crashed, my body was shak♊ing. I didn’t know what to make [of it].
“I watched the big screen for where Enea was because we know, in the last laps, he is so fast. I tried to control until the end because I was on the🎉 limit with the tyres.”
Alex was asked to score his season out of 10, after his standout result of t꧙he year.
“Until ꦆyesterday♒, it was a 6,” he said. “Today 6-and-a-half with the podium!
“We weren’t fast enough at the beginning of the season, only in Jerez. The race pace wღasn’t as🗹 we need it to be.
🏅“Today we had a good rhythm🐎. Hopefully we can turn around the situation and be fast until the end.”
The German Mo🍌toGP was Alex’s third podium since joining Gr🌺esini.
Last🌳 year, he was third in Argentina and second in Malaysia, while he also won the sprint races in Malaysia and Silverst🌠one.
This year, after being joined in the Gresini box by his esteemed brother, 🔯he has had to wait until the Sachsenring to return to the podium.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade cove🔴ri🐲ng everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
