Marc Marquez admits it’s “game over” for his 2024 MotoGP title hopes

Marc Marquez waves 🎐white flag for championship a🏅mbition

Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez says his and Enea Bastianini’s 2024 MotoGP title hopes are “game over” following their non-scores at t🅷he Ind🌄onesian Grand Prix.

Both riders had aܫn outside shot at fighting for the title in the final part of the season, with both 50 and 53 points off championship leader Jorge Martin after the Mandalika sprint.

But a spectacular engine failure for Marquez and a crash out of third for Bastianini in the Indonesian GP has put them 75 an🐼d 78 points behind Martin ahead of this weekend’s Japanese GP at Moteg▨i.

While mathematically still in contention, Marquez co🌳ncedes that the final five rounds o🐻f 2024 is a two-horse race between Martin and Francesco Bagnaia now.

“I think so,” he said when asked if the championship wa♈s between Martin and B🧔agnaia ahead of Motegi.

“I think it’s head-to-head between both of them, especially they are a 𒊎bit faster th💎an the others.

“And it looks like in Mandalika, me and Bastianini we di♓dn’t score points.

“So, we lost many points there and [it’s] game over becau♛se it’s too far [to close the gap]. But it will be nice.

“For us, we will try to fight with b💖oth of them because theyꩵ will be super fast in these final races.”

S𒉰ince winning the Aragon GP, Marquez has said that his targets for the 2024 season have been completed, and therefore didn’t factor himself deeply into title contention.

For him now, improving his consistency in qualifying - especially after three successive Q2 crashes - and finꦯishing 𝐆the year strongly are his main goals.

“I will try to, as I said before Mandalika and Misano, finish the seꦓason in a good way, trying to find that consis🎃tency and trying to improve my weak points,” he added.

“Let’s see if we can fight for the podium.”

Bastianini, ahead of the Japanese GP, hasn’t completely ended his chances at the title, noting: “the gap in the championship is getting bigger, but it’s not mathematically impossiblꦗe”.

Just 21 points splits Martin and Bagnaia at the top of the standings coming into the Japanese GP weekend fꦇollowing the former's win in Indonesian last weekend.

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