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There is a lot of hand-wringing to be done. We certainly don't want to rub it in, not least because he will have already thought of it himself to sprinkle his head with ashes. The fact is that at Jerez Marc Marquez threw up in the air the possibility of taking his ninth victory of the season out of ten races held.
What happened we know well: during the third lap the #93 ended up on the ground in turn 8 while occupying the third position behind Bagnaia. Once back on track, the Spaniard started a frantic comeback, which saw him finish 12th behind Zarco's Honda.
Regarding what the Spaniard did, there are several aspects that we are going to analyze. The first is the gap to the front runner: at the moment he re-joined the track, Marc was 22nd at 19"388 from the top. Later, with his fairing destroyed, he finished 12th at 20"890 from his brother Alex.
The #93's times speak for themselves: despite a limited bike due to the fairing damage, Marc managed to do no less than six laps under the 1'38" mark, confirming what his potential was. These included three in a row between lap 17 and lao 19 with a personal best lap of 1'37"544.
The moment Marc lowered his own lap times, his brother Alex instead raised them, because from lap 19 onwards the Gresini rider lapped in 1'38", managing the tire and his advantage over the Yamaha of Quartararo. A conduct on the attack in the first phase of the race for the #73 and then of containment in the last third, where his brother did not pulled out all the stops to move up the ranking and gain positions.
Looking instead at Bagnaia's race, the numbers clearly show what the world championship runner-up did. In the first ten laps of the race, Pecco's pace was in the high 1'37". However, then the rider from Piedmont upped his pace, no longer managing to drop below the 1'38" mark.
His fastest lap in the race therefore remains the one on the second lap, where he set a time of 1'37"442. Eight laps in 1'37" for Bagnaia who then called it a day and finished third behind the Yamaha of Quartararo.
The timesheets therefore tell us one very simple thing: with a destroyed fairing, Marc Marquez raced in Jerez showing a winning pace, if not even better than that of his brother, winner of the GP. At this point we are of the opinion that the disappointment over what happened is even greater in light of what we saw on the track.
With ifs and buts, however, you go nowhere, so as a result all that remains to do is to learn from one's mistakes.
