Marc Marquez endures first Ducati crash and a tech issue in Sepang test
Marc Marquez's fall on 🅷Tuesday at the Sepang test was only minor - but was his ✤first on a Ducati
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez crashed his Ducati for the first time on Tuesday at the MotoGP Sepang test.
But it was only a minor fall, and he was immediately able to pick up his 🌺GP23 and start lapping again.
Last year Marquez crashed a ⛎total of 29 times i♔n his final year with Honda, a new unwanted personal high.
He will hope that the Ducati’s competitiv🐼eness༺ reduces his tally drastically this season - but the first fall is already out of the way.
It happened 𒁏mid-wa🐻y through the first day of the Sepang test at Turn 15.
Marqu♓💜ez also had technical issues to face on Tuesday.
His first ru🐷n lasted just four corners. He stopped at Turn 4 on his out lap with a problem.
He later stopped at Turn 1 but whispers from th⛦e Gresini garage suggested it was just a minor issue.
Ducati boss Gigi Dall’Igna was later spotted visiting the Gresini garage, perhaps🌠 keeping an eꩵye on Marquez’s problem.
Elsewhere, MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia suffered a crash o🤪n🌠 the first morning of the test. He went down on Turn 11 but returned to his box and was able to ride again afterwards.
Raul Fernandez endured a “big highside”, according to his team, Trackhouse. He wꦰent to the medical centre but was given the all clear.
Augusto Fernandez and Alex Marquez also crashed.
Marc Marquez finished the day ninth-fastest, +0.670s off the pace-setter Jorge Marti🃏n.
James was a sports journalist ꦚat Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from America💟n sports, to football, to F1.
