THEthe first podium of Marc Marquez with Ducati he arrived in a race on Sunday epic, wonderful. A challenge between an eight-time world champion and a three-time world champion, the current maximum level of the sport.
Despite second place, Marquez is happy because, as he said yesterday, he knows be fast and that’s enough for him to be calm.
Furthermore, the first podium with Ducati has arrived right in Jerez where four years his career changed forever.
The first question is precisely about Jerez…
“My bad dream began here and I hope that from here we can get out of that negative spiral. We haven’t gotten out of it yet, it’s still heavy, but mentally every time there is more confidence and that confidence allows you to try things like those of the last laps”
Still…
“I already said it in Austin, I had a lot of fun despite the problem. And here I had fun all weekend, if you’re happy and things are going well for you, much better. I’m aware that there will be circuits where I’ll do more effort, there we will have to suffer in other circuits, where we are better, I will have to push”
Was it one of the sweetest defeats of your career?
“I don’t consider it a defeat, today I just won. I won in my project, in the path that I have in mind and that I’m improving more and more, I said it yesterday without knowing what would happen today. I did two races, yes , I crashed in Portimao, but in Austin it wasn’t my fault and here we gained a small step forward and now we have to maintain it with confidence”
On the plan he has in mind…
“It’s in my head and when you come from four very tough years in your sports career sometimes mental injuries weigh more than physical ones. I had a very serious one, but it causes mental trauma that you have to overcome. Sometimes you have to face everything come with your chest out, it’s working well for me”
In today’s race he admitted that he had made some mistakes…
“That lap of honor was special in front of the fans. It wasn’t the perfect race because I’m human and in the first five laps the mistake took its toll. Yesterday I was tense, I lost four positions and I didn’t have the chance to keep the I pace the whole time and maintain a constant pace. I’m happy with how everything went in general and how I fought with the Ducati leader until the last lap.”
On the fact that he has a GP23 and Bagnaia a GP24…
“It didn’t have an impact, those first five laps were missing, if I hadn’t crashed yesterday maybe the film would have changed. I’m human, I admit that I was tense, I had seen many crashes in Moto2… when I overtook Bezzecchi I had the pace to chase Pecco and then I almost got over it”
On overtaking and counter-overtaking with contact…
“This time I saw him in time, he was coming strong from the inside, we had a strong contact, but I decided to raise the bike. Otherwise I would be here saying it’s not my fault, but I would have lost another 20 points, I raised the bike quickly, my wheel is marked. However, one day it’s my turn and another it’s another’s.”
Marquez is 32 points behind Martin, which surprises him…
“I’m surprised, because I had a terrible start to the championship and we are only 32 points away. It means that we are pushing to the limit and that there will be many more zeros. We will try to stay calm, knowing how to suffer when we have to and take advantage of favorable moments. However, it is a pride to fight face to face with the same weapons as the Ducati leaders.”
