Marquez’s newest victory means he can clinch a seventh MotoGP world title on the subsequent race in Japan in a fortnight.
Ducati’s Marc Marquez resisted a spirited problem from Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi to win the San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday, taking his revenge after crashing out of the lead in Saturday’s dash, and inching nearer to the MotoGP title.
Bezzecchi had inherited victory within the dash when Marquez crashed out. This time, nevertheless, the decided Spaniard overtook the Aprilia rider on lap 12, having began on the second row of the grid, and by no means seemed again.
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Marquez’s eleventh race victory of the season takes him to 512 factors – a report tally for a MotoGP rider in a single season – and he celebrated his victory by unzipping his leathers and holding his purple go well with up on the rostrum like a matador.
Gresini Racing’s Alex Marquez completed a distant third, and brother Marc, with a 182-point lead, can clinch his seventh title on the Japanese Grand Prix this month.
“As we speak I gave all the pieces I had. It’s true that the error from yesterday gave me additional focus, additional energy, additional vitality,” an exhausted Marc Marquez mentioned.
“I used to be simply there following him [Bezzecchi], making an attempt to push him all the time tremendous shut, as a result of it’s unimaginable to do 27 laps with none mistake. And ultimately, he did a small mistake on flip eight, after which I led the race.
“Tremendous necessary for Ducati; I felt the stress this weekend.”
Six extra rounds stay, however Marc Marquez can now win his first title since 2019 if he outscores brother Alex by simply three factors in Japan.
Very good launch
Initially, Marc had an outstanding launch off the road and he veered to the skin to shortly transfer as much as second behind polesitter Bezzecchi whereas Alex was pushed down to 3rd.
As the highest three streaked away, Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo discovered it tough to take care of that tempo, and he was quickly battling with KTM’s Pedro Acosta, who ultimately discovered his well past the previous champion to chase the main pack.
However Acosta’s hopes of combating for the rostrum went up in smoke when he retired with a damaged chain, with the younger Spaniard furiously wagging his finger on the bike after he stopped on the facet of the monitor.
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia had one other race to overlook in a nightmare season for the twice champion, who crashed out of seventh place, his third place within the championship now critically below risk from Bezzecchi.
Up entrance, Marc continued piling the stress on Bezzecchi, and the Aprilia rider lastly buckled on lap 12 when he was a breath late on the brakes and went extensive, opening the door for the purple Ducati to ease previous him and into the lead.
Unrelenting Bezzecchi
Bezzecchi gave chase, unrelenting and wanting to reclaim the lead. However Marc remained calm and the Spaniard was in no temper to crash out of the lead twice in a single weekend.
Bezzecchi shook his head in frustration with six laps left as Marc set the quickest lap of the race.
Marc tried his greatest to shake off the youthful Italian, who discovered a unprecedented late race tempo to problem for the lead. However the Ducati rider responded as soon as once more as they traded quickest laps and left third-placed Alex greater than six seconds behind.
“Moreover [missing out on] the victory, that is possibly one of the best race of my life, as a result of I used to be tremendous aggressive all weekend – pole place, dash win, second place,” Bezzecchi mentioned.
“I used to be near Marc, who’s for the time being the strongest on the grid. I’m very blissful, I gave my all, I’m destroyed!”
VR46 Racing riders Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Di Giannantonio completed fourth and fifth, respectively, whereas Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer was sixth.
