Marc Marquez’s crew chief explains Australia tactics and psychological battle

Frankie Carchedi analyses the Australian MotoGP

Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez

Frankie Carchedi has explained the mind-set which enabled 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez to win the Australian MotoGP.

The Gresini Ducati rider took a hugely impressive victory at Phillip Island, certainly his best yet since leavin⛎g Honda.

Marquez fell to 13th on the first lap after a𒐪 bad start caused by his visor tear-off falling beneath his own bike, but fought back to edge Jorge Martin.

Crew chief Carchedi told TNT Sports: “The plan was just to sit behind Jorge, save the tyres as much as possible, and 💞have a g𝓀o at the end.

“The first lap made a big difference. As soon🉐 as he got behind Pecco… at Turn 3 we could see he was riding in a different way to the start of the weekend.

“In the last three or four laps, he did the 🔴corners in a completely different way.”

Pramac’s Martin still leads the MotoGP championship, despite missing out on winning at Phillip Island due to Marquez’s🌊 overtake.

Carchedi was asked if they expected Martin to settle💞 for P2 because it consolidated his own title advantage.

“We thought that. When Marc went past the🍃 first time we thought ‘perfect, hopefully [Martin] will be thinking of the championship’,” Carchedi said.

“But he didn’t! He was pushing until the end.

“You see it in the wet, that riders back off a bit… then cras♐h. His mentality was to push until the ꦡend.”

Martin did not desperately lunge at Marquez in the closing stages in a last-gasp attempt to win the Aಌustralian MotoGP.

However, rat𒁃her than his own caution due 🍎to leading the championship, Carchedi believes it was Marquez who dissuaded Martin.

“From our point, we are strong oꦫut of the last corner,” Carchedi said.

“The question mark was: we꧅re we able to hold the gap to the first꧒ corner?

“ﷺThe first time he did it, [Martin] thought: ‘I need to ada🍒pt and think of somewhere else’.

“There has been great video footage of Marc this weekend at Turn 3. It looks spectacular but he is ♔very fast, as well.

“He knew the best opportunity was at Turn 4.”

Marquez is 79 points behind championship𒁃 leader Martin after Phillip Island, with three rounds remaining this season.

The title this year might still be out of reach but Marquez’s brilliant ride in Australia is 🥀an ominous warning for 2൲025 when he will have the latest-spec Ducati machinery.

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