Alex Marquez needed to inform himself to “surrender” on profitable the San Marino MotoGP whereas sitting in third place.
Marquez was round one second behind the main duo of Marc Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi for the primary half of the race, however fell backwards within the closing laps and completed seven seconds off the win.
He stated the was dropping time to the 2 in entrance within the first sector, and that he was taking too many dangers to attempt to stick with them.
“In sector one at all times I’m dropping right here,” Alex Marquez advised the post-race press convention.
“It’s my historic weakest level right here in Misano so it’s one thing that I want to enhance for the longer term.
“I attempted my finest, I simply tried to be actually near them. However, roughly, in the midst of the race I began to have some issues on the entrance of the bike, I almost crashed one or two instances.
“I stated ‘Okay, surrender, simply attempt to handle and arrive on the rostrum’.
“Tremendous-happy. Shocked to be quick right here, to be entrance row, to attain two podiums, so it’s a super-positive weekend for us.”
Marquez’s third place within the Sunday race added to his MotoGP Dash podium in second behind Bezzecchi.
“I’m super-happy about our weekend, total,” the Gresini Racing concluded.
“I believe we did a extremely good job. It’s one monitor that I battle a little bit bit extra, however I simply tried to provide my most each session, simply attempting to make loads of laps and to be there, extra on the traces than ever.
“[On Saturday] we have been capable of make a extremely good P2, immediately one other podium.
“These two guys, Marco [Bezzecchi] and Marc [Marquez], they have been sooner than me throughout all of the weekend – not simply in a single session, throughout all of the weekend – that they had like one-, two-tenths extra.
“So, after I was behind them, I noticed that I had an enormous benefit in comparison with P4 that was Franco [Morbidelli] and Diggia [Fabio Di Giannantonio] coming.
“I stated ‘Okay, that you must handle to the top and rating this P3’.
“So, actually vital, actually completely happy for the staff to be on the residence GP on the rostrum and to place Fausto’s [Gresini] colors on the rostrum right here in Misano.”
