“Marc Marquez doesn’t give up - so what does he do? Crashes”
Marquez crashed out of fourth-place on the fourth lap of the Italian MotoGP🅷 at Mugello on Sunday.
The Repsol Honda rider has failed to fini🐬sh the most recent four grands prix that he has started, while als💖o missing three rounds due to injury.
Sylvain Guintoli said about his fall at Mugello: “As usual, he was over-riding the bike. He ๊was doing everything that he can.
“Just as in Le Mans, he was in a fi🙈ght for the podium.
“He has to make up t꧙ime in the braking zone. He went a bit wide in the dirty part of the track. He doesn’t under꧒stand why he crashed.
“It was basically too much lean in the 🍬dirty part of the track. He was on the outside, ꦆthe back just falls.
“Forಌ Marc and for Hond𒈔a, there is a lot of work to do. They have to make the package better.
“He’s ove🌜r-riding - he’s able to, in qualifying, produce🌺 miracles.
“But over a race distance, it’s impossible.
“We know Marc doesn’t give🐼 up. So what does♎ he do? Crashes.
“Hopefully🦋 they can bring the package closer to the Ducati package, to the bett🅺er bikes.
“And we can see a more competitive Marc.”
Marquez is 116 points behind Francesco B🐭agnaia, who won at Mugello𝕴, in the MotoGP standings.
Hi꧅s slim hopes of winning the championship appear to be over, by th🍌e sixth round.
The bigger picture is that, after a dreadful 2022, Honda ar🌳e still no closer to giving the most esteemed rider on the current grid a machine worthy of his talent.
He is contracted to them for next year too, on very lucrative terms, but Marquez is 30-years-old now and must ﷺknow that the clock is ticking on his ability to become a seven-time MotoGP champion.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports🍷, to football, to F1.
