Marc Marquez went from heaven to hell in a few seconds. When there were only two laps left to finish the race and he rolled in second place, behind a Marco Bezzecchi simply already unattainable, the fight side by side in which he was engaged for a long time with Jorge Martín ended in the worst possible way for Cervera. Just after the Spaniard snatched second place for the umpteenth time, his Honda, already limping, made him a stranger and ended up on the ground, thus ruining the hard work he had signed so far and overshadowing what could have been a Grand Prix number 1,000 of pleasant memory.

Marc's at the French Grand Prix was one more crash in a very bumpy race, in which the eventual winner, Marco Bezzecchi, could be placed just one point away from a Pecco Bagnaia who also went to the ground in a very hard clash with Maverick Viñales. And not just on the asphalt. The Italian got into an impossible gap in his fight with Viñales and the touch to the Spaniard's bike ended with the two out of the race and a cross of accusations in which there was no lack of pushing. Bagnaia, despite the fall and the triumph of his most direct pursuer, will retain the lead until an Italian Grand Prix that is expected to be of very high voltage.

The dominance of Bezzechi, meanwhile, was absolutely incontestable, after a fight with Marc Márquez for which he was sanctioned with the loss of a position in the race from which he would recover in a big way. "It's been a shame because I enjoyed it like a kid. I've gone to the limit, but I prefer races like that to finish and be tenth. Jorge has passed me, I have seen Zarco that could pass me and I have made the only mistake of the race. To win and fight for the championship, he has to improve the bike. We can't go like this in every race," Marquez reflected on DAZN.

"It was a very long race. I did a straight at the beginning, almost touched Luca Marini and fell to 10th place, but I was able to come back and fight with Marc. We passed each other about ten times, until in the end I overtook him and I was able to maintain the position. I've noticed his downfall, but with Zarco so close I couldn't relax either. I am very satisfied for this weekend that has been practically perfect, "said Martin, finally second classified and who in turn won the sprint race on Saturday. "Maybe if I hadn't fought Marc I could have gone to the race, I had something else, but in the end things turned out this way," he added.

Sensations undoubtedly very different from those he had, for example, Jack Miller. The Australian rode for a long time in the lead but, perhaps due to technical problems with his mount, he was losing positions inexorably until he ended up finding his bones on the asphalt and staying out of the race again. Alex Rins and Joan Mir also ended up on the ground and could not finish the Grand Prix, although the most chilling action was the one starring Luca Marini and Álex Márquez. The Italian seemed to control almost by the hair a Ducati that was slipping away, but he could not quite with it and the youngest of the Marquez took him ahead and stayed for a few moments in the middle of the track. Fortunately, with several pilots passing him by the sides like real exhalations, he managed to finally get to safety.

The home fans, on the other hand, had mixed feelings. On the one hand, they could celebrate the third place of Zarco, but they also saw a Quartararo far from its best version. As for the Spaniards, Augusto Fernández got a more than meritorious fourth place, while Aleix Espargaró would end up taking fifth place.

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