‘Misery’ Alex Marquez surprises himself by beating Marc Marquez at Dutch Grand Prix

of Dutch Grand Prix Last year’s runner-up has not had an easy ride as he suffered a nasty top problem between laps 11 and 12 in practice. Teammate Fermin Aldegar crashed in the same place Early in the session and canceled for the rest of the weekend.

Alex Marquez surprised himself after beating Marc Marquez at the Dutch Grand Prix

Peco Bagnaia blamed the heat of the track for Marquez’s accidentHigh heat over the weekend with Asean. Despite the serious accident, the Gresini rider escaped serious injury.

The 30-year-old went on to finish an impressive P5 ahead of his brother Mark Marquez. of Ducati The A driver was relegated to P7 for track infringements after clipping Fabio Di Giannantonio at the final chicane.

to speak Motorsport España After the race, Alex Marquez He revealed that he was in ‘pain’ throughout the season, but carried on out of pride and joy. He admitted that he would have stopped otherwise.

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Asked if he planned to retire after 10 laps: “That was my idea too, to do a bit of racing and push myself from there.”

“I stayed where I was and I was enjoying it. But with 10 laps to go I really stopped. I was completely exhausted.

“But I was good, in the fight, it’s still comfortable. The place is always encouraging, and it makes you want a little more, and all this helped me to finish the race well.

“It’s a mix of suffering and joy, but it’s more the former than the latter, honestly. I enjoyed the first part of the race, then I suffered a lot. But it was more pride, I gave it my all. And that’s it, that’s why I finished.”

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Marc Marquez called Alex Marquez ‘fantastic’ after beating him at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Marc Marquez was full of praise for his brother after the Dutch GP. He admits he is faster than him despite his fitness issues.

he said. Motorsport España: “My brother’s a world runner. I mean, it’s great. Alex was running really well all weekend going back, and like I said, he’s a world runner and he was a lot faster than me here last year.

“I was able to defend with the pace and the race because he broke down otherwise he would have won, but as he showed in Jerez and Montmelo, he is a fantastic rider.”