'Marquez produced a good comeback ride to P4 and I suppose it's a story of what could have been'
But where might the Gresini Ducati rider, who qualified on the front row and described the Red Bull Ring as one of his best weekends, have finished if he avoided the early drama?“Marquez looked good in the Sprint, he was in second and I think he got Bagnaia’s lead down to about 1.1s when he made the mistake and crashed.
“He produced a good comeback ride to P4 and I suppose it's a story of what could have been because his pace looked really good when he had some clean air. He was able to match Bagnaia essentially.” “So he was fighting his way through with I assume tyres that would have been way higher in pressure. And having crashed already in the Sprint, I suspect that would have been in the back of his mind.“What would have happened without that ? It's really hard to tell. His average pace was 4th, but with the caveat that he was doing quite a lot of overtaking.
"Definitely a missed opportunity for Marc, but his ride to fourth can be chalked up as one of his better ones of the season.”“He referenced the Catalunya round, which was a bad weekend for him but he still ended up second in the Sprint and third in the Grand Prix. Austria was a good weekend but he left empty-handed. MotoGP editor Pete McLaren replied: “I think he needs to take a risk and go for the win if he gets a chance with his GP23.
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