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The two-time Moto3 and Moto2 world champion had a fast-paced duel with his older brother in Portimao, which was resolved in favor of the eight-time champion by just 20 thousandths of a second
finally the MotoGP World Championship attended, in the beautiful and dizzying layout of Portimao to one of the most anticipated duels, the one that the brothers Mark Y Alex Marquez. It happened in the last laps of the Portuguese Grand Prixtrue, in the fight for sixth place, but it was very intense throughout the last laps and, finally, it was won by the eight-time world champion, not without enormous resistance from the two-time Moto3 champion Y Moto2, which was defeated by 20 thousandths of a second. “I have 50 meters to go, if the goal is 50 meters further on, I beat it & rdquor ;, said the youngest of the Márquez.
“Fighting for sixth position 10 seconds from the head is neither what Marc wants nor what I want, but it has been entertaining & rdquor ;, said the LCR Honda rider. “I was confident I could pass him at the finish line, because The last corner was a little better than him, but I missed those 20 thousandths of a second”.
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“When you can’t fight for the victory or even for the podium & rdquor ;, commented Marc, “it is good and very necessary to consider minor or different battles during the race and the pulse with Alex has been, in that sense, very necessary and fruitful . Alex was doing very well, but I think he had something more, although he, in fact, was about to pass me at the finish line entry curve and even on the finish line itself & rdquor ;.
The eight-time world champion acknowledged that when he caught up with Alex he had the feeling that a scramble was going to take place “very similar to the one we had, amicably, the day we came here, three months ago, with the Honda GP street bikes when we We passed several times. It is evident that when you enter the last laps there is no brother to stop you. Hopefully we can repeat the duel fighting, one day, for victory!”
Message to Aleix Espargaró: “I will always defend my position and my team”
Alex Marquez was harshly criticized again Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia)third in Portimao, who accused him of having hit him three times when the Aprilia rider was trying to make up positions in the opening laps.
“In Indonesia he already took me off the track and, to be honest, I don’t understand how you can drive like that, it doesn’t make any sense for Alex to do that”, commented the oldest of the Espargaró, “because his attitude has made me lose the possibility of catch up with the leader but, well, I know that’s the way racing is and, I insist, it’s not the first time that Alex has behaved like this with me”.
“The first thing I want to say”, pointed out a very polite Alex Márquez, “is to congratulate Aleix because he has achieved a very good podium for him. And the second thing I want to tell you is that they have taught me that way, to defend my position and my team, that’s how I’ve done it and that’s how I’ll always continue to do it”.