Marc Marquez endures first Ducati crash and a tech issue in Sepang test
Marc Marquez's fall on Tuesday at the Sepang tesꦫt was only minor - but w꧃as his first on a Ducati
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez crashed his Ducati for the first time on Tuesday at the MotoGP Sepang test.
But it wa༒s only a minor fall, and he was immediately able to pick up his GP23 and start lapping again.
Last year Marquez crashꦛed a total of 29 times in his final year with Honda, a new unwanted personal high.
He ♚will hope that the Ducati’s competitiveness reduces his tally drastically this ꦰseason - but the first fall is already out of the way.
It happened mid-way through the first day of the Sepang test at Turn 1🐷5.
Marquez also had technical issues🦩 to face on Tuesday.
His first run lasted just four corners. He ⛎stopped a﷽t Turn 4 on his out lap with a problem.
He later stopped ꦇat Turn 1 but whispersꦜ from the Gresini garage suggested it was just a minor issue.
Ducati boss Gigi Dall’Igna was later spotted visiting the Gresini garage, perh🎉aps keeping an eye on Marquez🌠’s problem.
Elsewhere, MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia suffered a crash on the first morning of the test. He wenꦍt down on Turn 11 but returned to his box and was able to ride again afterwards.
Raul Fernandez🍬 endured a “big highside”, according to his team, Trackhouse. He went to the medical ce🃏ntre but was given the all clear.
Augusto Fernandez and Alex Marquez also crashed.
Marc Marquez finished the day ninth-fastest, +0.670s o🐬ff the pa꧟ce-setter Jorge Martin.
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