Marc Marquez told his Ducati engineers to ‘stop talking about fitness’ before the Spanish GP

Marquez He broke his collarbone at last year’s Indonesian Grand Prix and has struggled to fully recover. It has been a big talk ever since Aprilia They seem to have entered the realm of dominance.

however, Marquez’s victory at the Jerez Sprint He identifies some vulnerabilities in Noale’s armor, and his thinking turns inward. Ducati Box may have helped make his revival a race-winner.

Marc Marquez said he told his engineers to ‘stop talking about fitness’ before the Jerez sprint victory.

Speaking to DAZN following his sprint podium celebration, Marquez was asked about his renewed title hopes.

The world champion has a deficit of 24 points Marco Bezecchi He reiterated that the riders’ standings, and Saturday’s sprint race, showed how things can change in a heartbeat.

There is through Motosan“It’s a championship where you can see everything from the first race in just three-and-a-half races – imagine what it’s like over 22 races, 18 or 19 races to go.

I think it’s a very long championship where we’re all going to make mistakes because we’re pushing to the limit.

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Both the Bezeci and Aprilia equivalents, George Martindid not end up seeing the checkered flag during the Sprint race, which helped his desire to eat away at the advantage they currently hold.

Of course, much of the talk heading into the race weekend at Cerico de Jerez will focus on Marquez’s performance. In response, the Spaniard told the engineers that he did not want the word in the box.

He added: “It’s tighter than ever, but it’s good, you have to keep building, and I had a goal in the garage this weekend: to stop talking about fitness now; we know what we have, so we have to make the most of every situation.”

Marc Marquez says Brad Binder would have been ‘uncaught’ if it hadn’t happened.

The Spaniard explained how lucky the injury was in the final corner of the race and that luck was on his side today.

Marquez immediately allowed him to enter the pit To exchange on his wet weather bike, even if he does it in questionable conditions.

Brad Binder’s A crash was also a sign of luck for him. Entering the pits, the South African was five seconds ahead of his rivals.

On the title, Marquez said: “I was lucky to crash in the last corner, the bike didn’t stop, then I took a breather and waited for everyone to pass, because the whole team was coming, then I was able to go into the pits and change the bike.”

“I got out and saw P3, and then I saw the two in front of me with my eyes. Binder, if it hadn’t crashed, I think he wouldn’t have caught it.”