MotoGP championship chief Marc Marquez says Alex Marquez was “tremendous robust in my weak factors”, which led to his 15-race win streak ending within the Catalan Grand Prix.
The manufacturing unit Ducati rider was having fun with a golden run from the Aragon Grand Prix to the Hungarian spherical, the place he scored seven successive 37-point weekends.
That victory streak continued to fifteen races within the Catalan Grand Prix dash, as he inherited the win after Alex Marquez crashed out of the lead.
However an eighth 37-point weekend was snatched from him after Alex Marquez was ready rebound within the 24-lap grand prix on Sunday and rating his second grand prix win of the season.
For the entire weekend, the Gresini rider was barely sooner than the 32-year-old, who defined that this benefit got here from Alex Marquez being stronger the place Marc Marquez was weak.
“He’s tremendous robust in my weak factors, which is these [right] corners, particularly Flip 3, Flip 13, 14, Flip 9,” he mentioned.
“He was using in a brilliant great way. Clean. The bike wasn’t shifting. I used to be behind him, similar velocity, however combating towards the bike.
“When this occurs it’s one thing associated to your using fashion, not the bike.
“So, he’s using higher in these factors. I used to be making an attempt to compensate on the left corners nevertheless it was simply three left corners the place I used to be capable of get better some hole.”
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Marc Marquez was resigned to being bested by Alex Marquez on Saturday previous to the Gresini rider’s crash.
Within the grand prix, he mentioned he gave up in the direction of the top after his youthful brother pushed him into a number of errors.
“I already anticipated on Thursday that Alex could be the rider to beat,” he added.
“He’s second within the championship, he’s using in an excellent means, and particularly right here in Catalunya he received in Moto3, he received two occasions in Moto2, and now he has received in MotoGP.
“I attempted. I attempted all the things. I used to be on the restrict within the final laps.
“However when 5 laps roughly remained, I made a mistake at Flip 7 and one other at Flip 10.
“And I gave up. It’s true that right now Alex was sooner than us.
“Even yesterday, however he crashed. However completely satisfied, as a result of in a circuit the place we battle a bit greater than traditional, we have been near the highest man.”
Alex Marquez’s win has ensured that Marc Marquez now should wait till no less than the Japanese Grand Prix on the finish of September for his first alternative to seal the 2025 title.
