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Marquez complimented Lorenzo for the Valencia race, “he raced like last year. It was hard to attack him”, but he was unable, between being serious and facetious, to wish him the best for next season.
“I hope that with Ducati Jorge is less competitive than with Yamaha - he said to his rival, laughing - Speaking sportingly, I hope he has fun, but wishing him the best would mean the worst for me.”
The Majorcan responded to the jab with a laugh, playing along with the joke. Then Marc spoke about his race and the difficulties at the start
“The worst of the year - he summarized - The clutch slipped a lot and I lost a lot of positions. I ended up behind Rossi and Iannone and I was unable to overtake them. On this track it is not simple and I lost a lot of ground in acceleration. I could have maintained a better pace, but instead I lost a lot of time.”
Until the tyres deteriorated.
“At that point, I began to push. I had nothing to lose - he smiled - Unfortunately, it was too late; I would have needed two or three more laps to catch Lorenzo, but then I would have needed to take a risk to get past him.”
Second place is enough for him to celebrate in front of his fans, anyway.
“It was a good season. I give myself a 9 - his judgement - I will take a point away from myself because in the last few races I made the same mistakes as in 2014, even though I had already won the title by then.”
He will have the winter to improve even more and he would like Honda to do the same.
“I cannot say that I had the best bike this year - he stated - On certain circuits we were strong, but on others we struggled, like here. We will need a few months to work.”
