Marc Márquez's movement that ended Fabio Quartararo on the ground and changed the World Cup

In just three corners,

changed the MotoGP World Championship.

It wasn't his intention, it wasn't even his fault, but it was.

Now

is only 10 points away from giving up the lead to

and, with five races to go, the title, which seemed doomed in July, is a pure unknown.

What happened?

To find out, you have to slow down the image and follow Márquez's movements since the traffic lights went out.

After three months off, with another step through the operating room, with endless rehabilitation sessions, the champion returned determined, much more than he admitted in the previous one.

Cautious and calm, he was supposed to be.

Yeah, yeah.

On the starting grid he was in thirteenth position, in the first corner he was already sixth and in the second, fifth ahead of the leader, Quartararo.

There is nothing.

At that time he was opting for anything, a podium, victory perhaps, but doubts assailed him and, later, misfortunes.

In the third corner of Alcañiz, a fast turn to the right, Bagnaia moved away in the lead,

,

and

they exchanged positions behind and Márquez hesitated.

Because of those moves in the group, he would give up a skid, right his bike, and at that moment, bam!

Quartararo, who wanted to chase Bagnaia, his greatest opponent in the World Cup, was so hooked on Márquez that he did not arrive in time to rectify and ended up colliding with him.

In the air.

In fact, his fall was so ugly, in the middle of the straight, that the cry was heard in all the stands of Alcañiz.

His own Yamaha ran over him, all the riders dodged him and he was left lying on the tarmac.

Fortunately, nothing serious happened.

Minutes later, the Frenchman arrived at his garage with his overalls open and a very visible bruise on his left side, below the ribs.

The ankle, which he feared, apparently intact.

The championship, yes, open.

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