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By the law of averages, the impressive streak of Marc Marquez's successes in this start of 2025 would sooner or later have to be interrupted and this happened precisely in Austin, the accomplices being treacherous conditions that he would have liked to exploit to his advantage, but which in the end punished him by making him return home with an unexpected zero in the GP.
"We did everything perfect in terms of strategy before I lined up because when there was a quarter of an hour left it was raining heavily, but then with eight minutes to go I realized that fitting rain tyres would be a mistake even though it was then the preferred choice of the others as well. At that point I asked my crew chief, Rigamonti, if the second bike was ready and he said it was and then I thought about leaving the grid knowing that if at least ten colleagues followed me the start would be delayed and everyone would start with slicks which is what I wanted. I was sure of what I was doing and to start at the back since having the pace I would be able to make a comeback," were his words.
"It was a difficult choice, but I'm relaxed even though I made a mistake," he said before recounting what led him to end up on the ground, "I had built up a two-and-a-half-second lead, then when I started to control the race, at Turn 4, maybe I cut too much, went on a wet curb, broke the pedal and so I lost the front along with a lot of points. In any case, racing is also this, it only takes a thousandth of a second to change a championship. Now I'm second in the overall, but only by one point and that's what counts."
On the choice to stop after rejoining the race, the champion from Cervera instead explained, "I continued three more laps, but when I saw that I was nineteenth I told myself that four/five riders in front of me could not crash. If I had been 15th or 16th it would have been different, so instead, it was pointless."
When asked if he will offer a beer to his brother Alex, he then joked, "No, he's the one who has to pay for it. I'm really happy that he's leading the World Championship. He is definitely proving to be consistent, he is riding very well and I think he will be one of the title contenders. Even though we are opponents on the track, each of us wants the best for the other."
Taking stock of the situation he later confided, "It hurts to lose in this way, but from Monday we start again to prepare for Qatar and what is important is that I know where and how I went wrong and that I still felt comfortable with the bike."
Finally, returning to the decision to start last he argued, "I knew the regulations allowed it and I preferred this option to the bike change because it makes you lose less time. However, I accept the criticism, like the praise I received in previous races. Before it seemed that I already had the World Championship in my hands, now that I lost it. Neither is true, these are things that can happen and are to learn from."
