After crashing from th🐻e lead two years ago at COTA, Marc Marquez made no such m♎istake this time around as he thoroughly dominated the American MotoGP. 

Startinꩲg third on the grid, Marquez made a brilliant start to lead Fabio Quartararo and Francesco Bagnaia into turn on﷽e. 

It was a lead that the eight-time world champion never relented, as he barely faced any pre🦋ssure.

Marquez purposely lapped slower than he was capable of during the first five🌺 laps, therefore leading to a seven rider group out front, however, that soon changed on lap six as he pulled out a one second𒆙 margin to Quartararo.  

That started a run of over 12 laps where Marquez consistently lapped in theꦫ mid to high 2m 04’s - something Quartararo could only do on occasion.  

Speaking after his seventh win at COTA🧸 and his perfectly executed plan, Marquez added: "It was a great Sunday! Starting from the warm-up the feeling was good.&ꦫnbsp;

"Basically, my plan A was to lead the race from the first lap and I did it. It wa🅺s a perfect start, especially the first corner I was braking deep and hard. I tried to control the race in the first three/four laps and then push. 

"From five-zero/four-high (lap times) I went to four-low and that is where I fe🅷lt very strong. I tried to open a gap and that is what I did. 

"On thos꧋e laps I felt very good with the bike and the last part of th🌊e race I didn’t know how my physical condition would be. 

"I thiꦓnk everybody struggled a lot in this race, so ꧑yeah, the gap that I opened with Fabio was enough to manage and ride very constant."

Both of Marq🎶uez’s wins this season have come at favoured left-handed circuits (Sachsenring and COTA), and while he’s always preferred these venues compared to right-handed tracks, Marquez said the feeling between both has increased following his injury last year. 

"Of course, in the left circuit corners; always has been one of my strong points🍸, but now with the injuries it is even bigger the difference, the feeling in right and left corners,"&ℱnbsp;said Marquez. 

"It is easy to explain that the left💟 corners I can turn and I can push 🦂with the left hand and use the triceps. 

"But in the right corners, just I push with the left and from there I have understeer. When I try to push with the right hand at thﷺe moment I can’t, but I am able to ride well. 

"It is true that riding like this is difficult, which is why I crashed many times, but we are working on it and we are tryinꦰg to understand it well."