“When I arrived at Turn 11, I had a bad feeling with the brakes again”
took the lead for the first time as a Gresini Ducati rider at the midway stage of Sunday’s AmericasBut just moments later the eight-time world champion was dumped on the ground after suddenly losing the front at Turn 11.
“I was struggling a lot with the front brakes. For that reason, I said ‘OK, try to lead the race and let's see if it improves’. But when I arrived at Turn 11, I again had that bad feeling and needed to brake 3-4 times. Whether Marquez would have been able to contain a charging Maverick Vinales, who fought from eleventh to victory, if he hadn’t crashed is impossible to say. But the 31-year-old acknowledged ‘the speed was there’ after ‘recovering twice’.
“I recovered one time, but then I had to slow down a lot to not hit Martin. And then Bagnaia overtook me again. Then I came back again.“Now we go to Jerez, we will keep improving and let's see what we can do there. Step by step we are closer to the top guys.”
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