Alex Marquez mentioned he felt “at peace” regardless of dropping from second to fourth within the closing laps on the Australian MotoGP.
Marquez performed “a joker” by pushing exhausting all through Sunday’s Phillip Island race, along with his rear tyre ultimately paying the value.
However he had no regrets, ending two locations greater than within the Dash.
“I mentioned earlier than the race, ‘immediately I’ll go for it, I’ll give my 100% in all of the laps, I cannot attempt to handle the tyres’. I’ll simply go, and I loved it. In order that’s an important factor,” Marquez mentioned.
“Afterward, after I was struggling, I mentioned, ‘OK, immediately already the joker, the danger I used to be taking, it is tremendous to complete fourth’. It was an excellent race.”
With Francesco Bagnaia crashing out and dropping behind Marco Bezzecchi to fourth within the standings, the Gresini Ducati rider is now on the point of finishing a historic Marquez one-two on the earth championship standings.
“This was a extremely essential weekend for second place within the championship. It is not straightforward to trip in these situations, at this monitor, if you find yourself enjoying for one thing,” Alex mentioned.
“We’re going to Malaysia with an excellent margin; I like the monitor and we’ll attempt to seal our championship place there, with no strain as there are nonetheless three occasions left.”
Marquez begins the Sepang weekend 97 factors away from Bezzecchi and 105 forward of Bagnaia. A complete of 111 factors stay obtainable, ought to both rival win all six remaining races, an nearly not possible state of affairs.
“We have to go to Sepang with the identical mentality. We now have calmness inside. I am at peace with myself, I do know that immediately I gave my 100%, there was nothing extra to present,” Marquez added.
“I am relaxed. Sepang, like Catalunya, is a monitor that offers me confidence, as a result of I do know that if we maintain working in a great way, we will probably be actually quick.
“So we simply must go there, begin from zero, do our job, and see the place we’re on Sunday.”
Older brother Marc, who wrapped up the title in Motegi, will once more be absent as a consequence of damage in Malaysia.
In the meantime, Alex’s team-mate Fermin Aldeguer was pressured to retire from seventh place at Phillip Island as a consequence of an undisclosed technical downside.
“We had a technical downside midway by the race,” the Mandalika winner confirmed. “It’s a pity as a result of it may have been an incredible weekend, however this problem stopped us in what was our greatest second.
“We had been lapping as quick because the frontrunners and we may have ended up near them, however these items occur and now we’re heading to Malaysia realizing we’ve the velocity.”
