Two laps were missing for Marc Márquez to finish on the podium of the French GP. Two, just two, to complete a great weekend at Le Mans on his return to the tracks after the injury he suffered in Portugal, in the first race of the year. But, when he already savored the drawer, a fall while fighting Jorge Martín sent him to the ground.
Was received with honors in the Honda box when he returned to the garage, and he left a sentence to the media that makes clear the reason why he has won so much throughout his entire sports career.
“I’d rather do a race like this and end up on the ground to finish tenth”, account.
And he explains it: “I was really enjoying it. Like a child. As it had been a long time since I had done it… but I got very tired going to the limit. It was the only way to be on top.”
“I saw the podium very close. I knew that if Jorge passed me, Zarco would surely do it on the straight,” he says.
But Márquez left satisfied: “I made a mistake, but we showed that we are there and that there is speed”.
Mark even Came to roll leader after a great start in which he asserted his classification at Le Mans.
The next appointment with MotoGP It will be in Italy the weekend of June 9-11.
