Gresini rider Marquez made a comparatively sluggish launch from pole position to drop to 3rd at the beginning, however repassed each KTM’s Brad Binder and Pramac Ducati ace Jorge Martin to retake the lead on lap seven.
By the beginning of lap 9, Marquez had pulled himself away from the chasing pack and was seemingly on his method to a primary victory of 2024, solely to endure a fall on the Flip 9 left-hander.
The Spanish rider was in a position to hop again on his bike and get better to seventh, as a variety of different frontrunners crashed out from what turned out to be a race of attrition. He was elevated to sixth following post-race penalties.
Requested if he’s now nearer than ever to a maiden victory on the Desmosedici, having acknowledged on Friday that he has now completed his adaptation from the Honda RC213V, the six-time MotoGP champion stated: “Nearer than Austin however nonetheless not sufficient. Simply 4 laps and we did not end that 4 laps to complete the right day.
“However the good factor is that for me right this moment is an excellent good day, pole place. We perceive that in moist situations we’re quick.
“Then in the primary [sprint] race we have been the quickest there however sadly I wasn’t in a position to end the race. I did probably the most tough factor [of taking the lead], however then I crashed within the best a part of the race.
“However like many of the riders I’d say I take a moist patch and I lose the entrance. So most of them however the good factor is that each time we’re nearer and nearer.”
Saturday’s dash at Jerez was an unusually dramatic race as greater than half the sector suffered main crashes, with arguably probably the most weird incident going down moments earlier than Marquez’s fall as his youthful brother Alex Marquez, Enea Bastianini and Binder all slipped off their bikes in tandem into Flip 5.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
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Though there was no official assertion from FIM, MotoGP or Jerez, a variety of riders reported that water from an earlier rain bathe had seeped its method onto the asphalt, despite the fact that it wasn’t clearly seen within the TV footage.
Marquez defined that he by no means noticed the moist patch that led to his crash at Flip 9, however he was conservative on the entry to the nook on that individual lap.
“I did not realise that [it] was that moist patch throughout all of the race,” he stated.
“I noticed that there have been some moist patches within the entry however on gasoline I did not see that moist patch.
“After which, actually, that lap I braked a bit earlier and I stored a bit extra nook velocity however perhaps I solely went 10cm [wide] as a result of [at] worst [it was a] 20cm patch.
“I went 10cm out or in, I do not know. I do not know if I used to be passing that patch within the earlier laps in or out as a result of I used to be not overriding.
“Sadly once I misplaced the entrance I wasn’t in a position to get better, however even like this we completed seventh within the race so good.”
The Jerez dash marked the second consecutive race by which Marquez crashed from the lead, having additionally lost a potential victory in the Americas GP earlier this month.
Marc Marquez, Gresini Racing
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
He additionally retired from the Portuguese GP after an incident with reigning champion and factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia.
However the 31-year-old is not involved about his latest run of incidents, as he feels quick on the Ducati since he turned up the wick within the US spherical.
“I perceive since Austin [that] I am sturdy sufficient concerning the psychological aspect,” he stated.
“First two races [of the year] I used to be fixed and I attempted to regulate the state of affairs. Since Austin we enhance one step the chance and then you definately expose the boundaries after which you’ll be able to crash. I perceive that.
“Yeah, individuals can discuss loads. I’ve my plan, I do know what I am doing and I am blissful as a result of I am quick. This was my foremost fear this season. So in the meanwhile I am quick.
“After all, I must work on the consistency however the good factor is that each one the crashes I had on the race in Portimao, Austin and right here it was not [due] to over-riding [the bike]. It was all the time the additional situations.”