Marc Marquez’s time with the Gresini Duca🔯ti team ended with a second pla𒁃ce that was enough to clinch third in the riders’ standings.

It was a result which came despite Marquez’s own str𓄧uggles at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya which were high🀅lighted in Saturday’s Sprint, in which Marquez finished a distant seventh.

“Today was a difficult day, especially because yesterday was a difficult Sprint r♊ace,” Marquez told the post-race press conferen💃ce in Barcelona.

He added 🍸that some technical changes to his bike setup wer༺e key to his improved performance on Sunday.

“Bu🐎t my technician was super-great through the n﷽ight — he doesn’t sleep a lot I think.

“𒉰We analysed everything we did, and we come back more or less to the bike we started with in FP1. 

"Already in the Warm Up I start to feel better and in the ra🎃ce I was riding in my way.

“Of course, we had some weak🤪 points, but I was strong in my strong points, so that was super-positꦰive.”

Marquez spent the entire race behind Francesco Bagnaia, closing in at several points but ultimately dropping back in the closing stages without having mounted a ser𝐆ious challenge for the 🦩lead.

“It was many laps behind 🎉Pecco, trying to control🍌 the situation,” Marquez explained. 

“But those last five laps I couldn’t follow him. Every time when I was close to himꦜ, the front sta🃏rted to lose a lot for the temperature.

“Today he was much faster than me. But that second place is the best ending to this very nice chapter in my career that was with the Gresini team where I enjoyed a lot and it’s the🍌 🅺best way to say thanks.”