168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez’s unique ability to take risks was lauded after his brilliant ride in the French MotoGP sprint race.

The Gresini Ducati rider was forced to start from 13th after a dreadful Friday, an꧂d a qualifying whe♚re he saved a near-crash.

But Marquez waꦅs fourth by the end of a sensational first lap, and finished second behind only Jorge♏ Martin.

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“He’s phenomenal,” Michael 🉐Laverty said ♍about Marquez on TNT Sports from the Le Mans paddock.

“You think back to his Moto2 days when he went from the 🌌back of the grid to the front in a rꦜace.

“It’s those decisive momen⭕ts when the pack spans out. He’s thinking on his feet♔.

“He 🔯is so spatially aware of where the gaps open up. He is able to react, he responds.

“There has never been a rider like it.”

Laverty assess✨ed how Marquez clambered beyond so many rivals inside the opening 🍎laps: “So, he gets a pretty good jump.

“He rolls it a bit, at Turn 1 through 2. He opens the gap to run down the ou🍷tside of everyone.

“He stays on line, leans it a𝄹round the outside. He’s on the𓆉 perfect line for Turn 4.”

Sylvain Guintoli replied: “You can tell that Marc had a plan. Everything 🌜went to plan.

“Where he took a risk was being slightly off lꦰine, releasing the brake an🎃d carrying the corner speed when everybody gets bunched up, into Turn 3.

“It paid of🍎f but that was a massive risk for Marc, to go around the outside like that.

“If it goes wrong on the inside, you get collecte🎃d!

“He had to. From 13th onꦿ the grid, if you hold position, it would take too much ti꧟me to come back.

“It’s one 🐼thing saying ‘I have got to take risks’ and it’s another thing to do it.

“The improvising… he’s got that instinct. You can tell🌳 what he’s thinking, and what he’s♔ trying to do.”

Marc Marquez's GP23 'a work in progress'

Marquez en🍌dured his worst Fri𒁏day as a Ducati rider so far at Le Mans.

It meant he started Saturday by entering Q1. Marquez lost the front during qualifying and, although he saved it, it meant ♛beginning from 13th on the starting grid.

He will resume from 13th for Sunday’s grand pri🅷x but his GP23 is in better working order after F💝riday.

“He’s been fast,” Laverty said after the sprint race. “He’s been struggling ꦜto get the maximum out of it.

“I spoke to [his crew chief] Frankie 🍷Carchedi who said it’s a work in progress. They need to adjust the bike, from wha❀t they expect, at every circuit.

“So it has taken them time.

♛“The unfortunate thing is there is only one free session. The rest are timed. Then, you’ve got yello♓w flags thrown into the mix.

“He ended up on t♛he back foot but, when the lights went out, he delivered.

“Yes, t♏he bike was work🍃ing. But he was the man who made it happen.

“The decisive moves on the first lap were wha🅠t made the race for him.”