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Someday, although it will take time,
Marc Márquez will
detail what he is experiencing this year and his relief will give for a documentary, for a film, for a series of many seasons. "It is an extreme situation, very difficult, I do not wish it to anyone," he advanced this Saturday, but then he was silent, in a silence that has imposed itself so as not to hurt itself and that is supported by its surroundings, the most hermetic group of MotoGP. Márquez competes impaired in a show of love for motorcycling that will remain in his biography even ahead of his World Cups. In their routine now there is pain, there is frustration, there is pressure and joys are lacking, even when it seems that they are close.
In Alcañiz, this Sunday, Márquez could win. I knew it. No technical explanation is required for this assessment, just a simple detail: on the Aragonese circuit you compete 'in the opposite direction', to the left, in the counterclockwise direction. It is one of the four tracks of this World Championship (along with Sachsenring, Austin and Cheste) that feed that rarity and, therefore, one of the four tracks of this World Championship that the Honda leader had indicated. As he already demonstrated at the Sachsenring with his victory, if he runs on the left, Márquez supports the pain in his right arm better, he does not suffer as much wear and tear and, thus, he can be himself.
A few kilometers from home in Cervera, another motivation, the injury disappeared or, at least, vanished, but the problem this time was
Francesco Bagnaia
.
The Ducati leader, who wants to hold on to the World Championship, knew that this Saturday, from pole, he should not miss his first MotoGP victory and he did not do so even if he had to snatch it from one of the best riders in history.
From the start, Bagnaia defied vertigo and when with three laps to go, both alone, with no one behind, Márquez decided to try his first overtaking, the Italian was ready.
Up to six times the Spaniard tried, always under critical braking, and up to six times Bagnaia responded to reach the finish line in first place.
"For trying it has not been"
It was a day for the celebration, but it could not be for Márquez. "I could have been a hero, but no. For trying it has not been, that's the way I am. I knew I had the upper hand because on the straight it passed me and I knew that I was coming from two consecutive falls, but I preferred to try than to remain in doubt about what would have happened. I am very happy to be able to dedicate it to the people who are with me both when it goes well and when it goes bad, "said the Honda leader who also criticized those who this season have said that he will not be who he was again. "There is a lot of uninformed boquerón talking. It is part of the show, it is part of this world," he launched amid Bagnaia's joy.
With his first victory in the World Championship, the Italian Ducati placed second in the general classification and was confirmed as the greatest threat to the leader,
Fabio Quartararo
, in the remainder of the year.
With five races to go, the Frenchman continues with a margin of more than 50 points, but the two visits to Misano, where Bagnaia will once again be the favorite, add emotion to a title that before Alcañiz seemed doomed.
With tire problems, Quartararo was only eighth and will have to wait a little longer to secure his first World Cup.
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