Alex Marquez vomited in his helmet before crashing in MotoGP COTA sprint: “As if the body collapsed”

Alex Marquez has described feeling sickness and throwing up inside his helmet during the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas sprint race.
Alex Marquez, Ducati MotoGP COTA 2023
Alex Marquez, Ducati MotoGP COTA 2023

The Gresini rider lost the front end of his bike while trying🔜 to overtake Jorge Martin into fourth, ultimately falling. He was then wiped out by Jorge Martin in Sunday's race, and went home without a point.

But he revealed that he vom🔯ited during the sprint, and again afterwards.

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“I tried not to get nervous, but halfway through the race I started to feel sick to my stomach and I vꦫomited as I braked,” he to𒊎ld DAZN. 

“It is as if the body has c🤡ollapsed. I don't know.

“Something has made m🐟e sick with the food, 🍸although I have eaten the same as always. 

“For whatever reason, I have thrown up. 

Then, when I got 🌌to the garage, I vomited again, but now everything is clean. 

“Something has felt 🐓wrong. Now to rest for [Sun𝓀day].

“It will be a long and hard race. W�𝄹�e have rhythm. 

🦩“I ran out of steam, but we could keep up, which makes me happy. To improve the starts, which is t𒁃he key point.”

Alex Marquez , MotoGP, Grand Prix Of The Americas, 15 April
Alex Marquez , MotoGP, Grand Prix Of The Americas, 15 April

Marquez didn’t sustain any physical damage in his crash but his race on Sunday was cut short by a first-lap i⛎ncident with Martin.

He said about Saturday’s sp🅷rint: “I don't know if I could have made the podium, but fifth place and keep fighting? Yes. 

“I have gone very wrong. In the first corner I fixed it more or less and then I tried not to get nervous, to go step by step.🎉 

“Here it was difficult to overtake and it was a bit of a was𒅌te. 

“On the back straight e𓄧veryone was going long and it was easy to make mistakes.”&n𒀰bsp;

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