Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi says he “pushed like a b*****d” to attempt to beat the Marquez brothers on his technique to third within the MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix dash.
The four-time grand prix winner has been in sturdy type all weekend at Assen and carried that into qualifying, as he managed a better of the season of fifth on the manufacturing unit Aprilia.
Within the dash, Marco Bezzecchi made a fast begin and moved into the rostrum locations on the second lap of 13, earlier than pressuring Marc and Alex Marquez within the lead.
A mistake late on attributable to “unusual” circumstances, nonetheless, dropped him from the Marquez brothers and compelled him to accept a primary dash podium because the 2023 Indonesian Grand Prix weekend.
“No, I didn’t anticipate something particularly,” Bezzecchi, whose earlier finest in sprints in 2025 was a fourth at Silverstone, instructed TNT Sport.
“However yeah, it’s been a very long time. I’ve been struggling quite a bit within the sprints recently, sadly.
“Additionally in the beginning of the 12 months, within the dash it’s necessary to even have an excellent qualifying and I used to be all the time lacking one thing.
“Right this moment, we made an honest qualifying – not excellent, as a result of excellent can be the pole place.
“However an ideal job in comparison with the final races. So, I made an excellent begin, I made an excellent first couple of laps.
“And when I discovered myself within the first place I simply tried to push like a bastard to take the fellows in entrance.”
He added: “I used to be shut. Once I handed Pecco [Bagnaia] and Fabio [Quartararo] I used to be tremendous pumped and I made one and a half laps catching the Marquez brothers.
“However once I was near Alex and I used to be getting ready the assault I misplaced the entrance in Flip 3.
“It was unusual with the wind and unusual circumstances in comparison with the remainder of the weekend.
“So, I misplaced a few tenths, they usually have been super-fast and I couldn’t catch them anymore.
“It’s troublesome for tomorrow as a result of the race is lengthy, and particularly with the entrance tyres I don’t know actually what to do. However we are going to see. I’ll strive my finest.”
Bezzecchi’s earlier finest dash consequence at Silverstone preceded a profitable problem for victory within the British Grand Prix.
Regardless of circumstances being comparable at Assen, Bezzecchi is cautious of suggesting a repeat of the British Grand Prix is on the playing cards for this Sunday.
“Silverstone was the same situation however the observe is completely different and I believe right here many Ducatis are quick, additionally Fabio.
“I’m additionally quick, the Aprilia is working properly. However the lengthy race is all the time difficult. We are going to see tomorrow to make the final changes and we are going to see.”
