Marc Marquez says he was 'completely exhausted” by the time he reached the battle for victory in the MotoGP French Grand Prix having come from 13th on the grid.
The Gresini Ducati rider endured a tough qualifying which saw him knocked out in Q1, though he recovered brilliantly in the sprint to finish second. Marquez did the same again on Sunday, though took 17 laps to get into the podium places before closing down a two-second gap to catch eventual winner Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia.
So, it was difficult to find the point to overtake because also he was defending well on Turn 3. “But on that last lap I said ‘I will be there to see if something happens’. “I saw Pecco was not attacking Martin, so I go out well from that Turn 8 and in Turn 9 I tried. I was able to stop well.” Marquez believes he would have stood a better chance at winning the French GP had he not got caught up in a “strange” battle for third with VR46 Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio.
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