Gresini rider Marquez made a comparatively sluggish launch from pole place to drop to 3rd at the beginning, however repassed each KTM’s Brad Binder and Pramac star Jorge Martin to retake the lead on lap 7.
By the beginning of lap 9, Marquez had pulled himself away from the chasing pack and was seemingly on his technique to a primary victory of 2024, solely to undergo a fall on the Flip 9 left-hander.
The Spanish rider was in a position to hop again on his bike and get better to seventh, as a lot of different frontrunners crashed out from what turned out to be a race of attrition. He was elevated to sixth following post-race penalties.
Requested if he’s now nearer than ever to a maiden victory on the Desmosedici, having accomplished his adaptation from the Honda RC213V, the six-time MotoGP champion mentioned: “Nearer than Austin however nonetheless not sufficient. Simply 4 laps and we did not end that 4 laps to complete the right day.
“However the good factor is that for me at this time is a brilliant good day, pole place. We perceive that in moist circumstances we’re quick.
“Then in the principle [sprint] race we have been the quickest there however sadly I wasn’t in a position to end the race. I did essentially the most tough factor [of taking the lead], however then I crashed within the best a part of the race.
“However like a lot of the riders I might say I take a moist patch and I lose the entrance. So most of them however the good factor is that each time we’re nearer and nearer.”
Saturday’s dash at Jerez was an unusually dramatic race as greater than half the sector suffered main crashes, with arguably essentially the most weird incident happening moments earlier than Marquez’s fall as youthful brother Alex Marquez, Enea Bastianini and Binder all slipped off their bikes in tandem into Flip 5.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Photographs
Though there was no official assertion from FIM, MotoGP or Jerez, a lot of riders reported that water from an earlier rain bathe had seeped its approach onto the asphalt, though it wasn’t clearly seen within the TV footage.
Marquez defined that he by no means noticed the moist patch that led to his crash at Flip 9, however he was conservative on the entry to the nook on that exact lap.
“I did not realise that [it] was that moist patch throughout all of the race,” he mentioned.
“I noticed that there have been some moist patches within the entry however on fuel I did not see that moist patch. After which, in truth, that lap I braked a bit earlier and I stored a bit extra nook velocity however perhaps I solely went 10cm [wide] as a result of [at] worst [it was a] 20cm patch.
“I went 10cm out or in, I do not know. I do not know if I used to be passing that patch within the earlier laps in or out as a result of I used to be not overriding.
“However sadly after I misplaced the entrance I wasn’t in a position to get better however even like this we completed seventh within the race so good.”
The Jerez dash marked the second consecutive race by which Marquez crashed from the lead, having additionally misplaced a possible victory within the Americas GP earlier this month.
He additionally retired from the Portuguese GP after an incident with reigning champion and manufacturing unit Ducati rider Marc Marquez.
However the 31-year-old is not involved about his current run of incidents, as he feels quick on the Ducati since he turned up the wick within the US spherical.
“I perceive since Austin [that] I am robust sufficient in regards to the psychological aspect,” he mentioned.
“First two races [of the year] I used to be fixed and I attempted to regulate the state of affairs. Since Austin we improve one step the chance and you then expose the boundaries after which you’ll be able to crash. I perceive that.
“Yeah, folks can speak so much. I’ve my plan, I do know what I am doing and I am completely happy as a result of I am quick. This was my major fear this season. So in the meanwhile I am quick.
“In fact, I have to work on the consistency however the good factor is that each one the crashes I had on the race in Portimao, Austin and right here it was not [due] to over-riding [the bike]. It was all the time the additional circumstances.”
