Ma🧜rquez made a great start from fourth and slotted in second place head✤ing into turn two.

The sprint winner was then very close to Enea Bast🃏ianini as the laps went by, however, front tyre pressure became an issue after he failed to make an attempted overtake. 

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“Was a really tough race,” said Marquez. “Enea set a really good pace. This year the race was lik🅰e 15 seconds faster than last year. Was really tough. 

“I just did the mistake which was not to attack him. I was maybe waiting a bit too much and when yoཧu have the high temperature with the front tyre it is difficult. 

“I was there all the time but I just did that small mistake. We did an unbelievab👍le weekend, we were fast and took﷽ victory in the sprint race. We can aspire to have more but we must be happy.”

Marquez was the pre-r🐈ace favourite and appeared to have more pace than Bastianini earꦯly on.

But as the race went on Bastianini got stronger and stronger which left the Gresini rider with no answer to h🅰is red-hoꩲt pace.

Aside from two small mistakes, Marquez admitted Bastianini was toജo good to beat: “Seven and eight; he did two mistakes but he was quite good on the exi♌t. 

“For the rest he was unbelievable. He was always on the pace. Lik﷽e me yesterday, when you are in front you have the best race. It is much 𝓡easier to ride the bike.”