has highlighted the significance of his regular journey to second on the tough French Grand Prix after the end result delivered him a considerable lead within the MotoGP standings.
The six-time champion began Sunday’s grand prix simply two factors forward of his brother Alex – the pair had traded slim leads ever since Marc’s fall on the Americas GP in March.
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However with Alex crashing from third late within the grand prix and failing to attain, Marc will head into the British Grand Prix with a wholesome 22-point benefit.
Sixteenth place and 0 factors for , who was taken out of competition by on the primary lap, meant Marc additionally stretched his benefit over the person positioned third within the factors desk. The hole between the manufacturing facility Ducati pair grew from 31 to 51 factors on Sunday.
On condition that runaway French GP winner shouldn’t be a title contender, Marc says he was conscious of the chance a runner-up end represented in championship phrases. On a mixed-weather day when his title rivals hit the deck, his focus was on avoiding the identical destiny.
“[This was one of those] days when you must minimise the harm. As a result of in these circumstances it’s tremendous straightforward to make a small mistake,” mentioned the Spaniard.
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“Throughout the race, I used to be simply making an attempt to manage [the gap to] Alex. He’s my brother, however he’s the primary opponent for the championship. For the time being he’s the one closest to me. I simply tried to handle the space between me and him.
“At one level I noticed that I used to be closing on Johann, however eight seconds have been an excessive amount of. [I would have had to do lap times of 1m45s] which was an excessive amount of threat. I got here again to [the 1m46s-1m47s bracket to] end the race.”
Marquez mentioned his crash on the Spanish Grand Prix two Sundays beforehand had been a think about his secure journey this time round.
“It was that type of day when you may make a mistake… or it’s straightforward to make one,” he added.
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“However the truth that I made a mistake at Jerez [meant I] prevented a mistake immediately. If I have been coming off a victory at Jerez… I’m 80% certain I’d have crashed immediately, as a result of I do know myself!
“However I must maintain fascinated with that mistake at Jerez. I’m making an attempt to enhance for the longer term.”
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