Marc Marquez’s "honest" verdict on Qatar MotoGP battles: “Depends on strategy..."

Marc Marquez lifts lid on tactiꦆcal Qatar thriller: 'It depends on the strategy'

Marc Marquez, Bagnaia, Vinales, 2025 Qatar MotoGP
Marc Marquez, Bagnaia, Vinales, 2025 Qatar MotoGP

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez staged a masterclass in strategy to win Sunday’s Qatar MotoGP, twice fighting back from third during the season’s most enter꧟taining race - all thanks to tyre management.

The need to save rubber meant, rather than breaking clear and managing his advantagღe, the #93 didn’t show his cards until the closing stages.

An🐻d when he did, there was no doubt who the winner would b♌e.

Marquez set his fastest lap of the race on lap 19 of 22, while nearest rivals 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales and168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Francesco Bagnaia had peaked on laps 6 and 12 respectively.

Once he knew he had enough tyre left, the #93 was faster than his nearest rivals on each of the last five laps, quickly bui⭕lding a 1.8s advantage over Vinales while Bagnaia dropped 4.3s behind.

Podium lap times Qatar MotoGP
Podium lap times Qatar MotoGP

“I’ll speak honest. It depends on the strategy of the fastest rider on the track,” Marquez said about ⛎the Qatar spectacle.

“If the fastest rider stops the race, then we have a big gr♛oup. If it’s like yesterday in the sprint race when I was pushing from the beginning, thꦓen the distance [between riders] is bigger.

“So to🍌day I slowed down in the first laps and I had a bi♚g group behind, but it was my strategy.

“Today I was calm because during the weekend – i🙈t was ဣunexpected for me because we cannot forget that we are in Qatar - but I was the fastest out there.”

Bagnaia, 2025 Qatar MotoGP
Bagnaia, 2025 Qatar MotoGP

Pecco Bagnaia: “This causes more fights”

Bagnaia, who rode from eleventh to the podium and was later promoted to second by a tyre-pressure pen🍌alty for Vinales, agreed that tyre wear was the main factor.

“It depends on the type of circuit, because there are circuits where you need to control the tyres. This is one of them,” Bagnaia sai🌃d.

“You can’t push like you want from the start 🐎🙈to the finish. Managing the tyres also means more fights, because the riders maybe from behind are pushing more to be leading.

“This causes more fights. I think 𓂃it’s more for that reason. It’s just for the type of grip and circuit.”

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