Ducati “strategy was a mistake” after Marc Marquez worry at Thailand MotoGP

Marc Marquez's probꦍlem analꦐysed after he wins Thailand MotoGP

Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez

The fault for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez’s brief worry at the Thailand MotoGP has been placed on his Ducati engineers.

The factory Ducati grand prix debutant ൲was leading at Buriram from pole position when he abruptly looked over his shoulder, and dropped to P2 behind his brother Alex Marquez.

It was unclear how serious Marc’s problem was until it was presumed a tyre pressure issue when he shot in front of Alex later, to claim v🦹ictory.

TNT Sports’ Michael Laverty analysed: “One option is💦 that the rim was leaking so it was losing temperature.

“But I t💦hink because the ambient temperature cooled, they worked on the assumption ෴of what the tyre temperature would get to.

“But it never got th♔ere. Even when he wa🦩s pushing and setting fast lap times.

“He dropped the hammer, but it never came up.

“He🔴 had a warning on his dash. So he looked behind, and dropped behind Alex.

“Then controlled the race.

“The light alerted him when he w൲a༺s over the minimum tyre pressure for 60% of the race so he dropped the hammer again, and pulled out almost two seconds.

“He was playing with the strategy.

“The strไategy was a mistake on the Ducati engineers’ part, to have the front tyre pressure too low, in my opinion.

“But the fact is: Marc still made it happen.”

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Sylvain Guintoli added: ꦜ“It would have been a 16-second penalty for the infraction.

“It’s ไa little bit surprising that Ducati set the pressure too low.

“You’d expect him, from pole, to be leading.

“They have software to calculate all of this.

“Unless he had a leak of air, or 🍎someth🐷ing like that?

“He had t𓂃o step back to get the pressure back up.”

Laverty continued:♌ “That wa🌼s a statement when he passed Alex into the last corner.

“It was a perfectly executed pass. Not easy to put it up the inside of someone who brakes as late as Alex, and to not miss ♍the apex.

“He turned it, squared it, drive up the corner, and of𓆏f he went…

“He did exactly what he needed to do.”

Laverty said about Marquez’s dominance at Buriram: “To be leading the championship after the♛ first round? First time he’s done it ♔since 2014.

“A double victory? The only ඣother time he’s done that is in Aragon last year.

“It’s a niceꦜ thing for the Marquez brothers, not just Ma🐈rc.

“Alex wꦬas outstanding from th🌞e first practice to the chequered flag.”

The eight-ti𝓰me world champion won Saturday’s sprint and Sunday’s grand prix.

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