Reigning MotoGP World Champion still tops the overall standings with a 23-point advantage, despite finished 16th at Mugello. Marc Márquez was second coming into the first corner, although he went wide and dropped two positions. He was third before the end of the opening lap was back into second –behind Jorge Lorenzo– on Lap 3. On the fifth lap, the Repsol Honda rider lost the front of his bike and crashed. He got back on track in eighteenth position and crossed the finish line sixteenth in the Italian GP.
Marc Márquez: “We’ve been struggling the whole weekend to be perfectly comfortable with these particular spec tyres, but I wasn’t suffering that much in the race. Instead, the front folded quite unexpectedly, as I wasn’t pushing that hard, and I crashed, though I almost saved it! When I re-joined the race, our pace wasn’t bad at all, despite the bike being a bit damaged, so that’s okay.
Furthermore, we still have a 23-point advantage in the rankings, and this is also very positive; last year at this point we were 37 points back. This race also demonstrates what I’ve been saying for a while: things this year are pretty tight, the season is long, and anything can happen. That said, we’ll keep working as usual at Montmeló, where we’ll go back to the usual tyre spec, and we’ll try and come back strong.”
