After crashing from the lead two years ag🌼o at COTA, Marc Marquez made no such mistake this time around as he thoroughly dominated the American MotoGP. 

Starting third on the grid, Marquez made 🍬a brilliant start to lead Fabio Quartararo and Francesco Bagnaia into turn one. 

It was a lead that the eight-time world cham♔pion never relented, as he barely faced any pressure.

Marquez purposely lapped slower than he was capable of during the first five laps, therefore leadinಞg to a seven rider group out front, however, that soon changed on lap six as he pulled out a one second margin to Quartararo.  

That started a run of over 12 laps where Marquez consistently lapped in the mid to high 2m 04’s - something Quartararo could only do on occa🍰sion.  

Speakin🎐g after his seventh win at COTA and his perfectly executed plan, Marquez added: "It was a great Sunday! Starting from the wa🍒rm-up the feeling was good. 

"Basically, my plan A was to lead the race from the first lap and I did it. It was a perfect star♑t, especially the first corner I was braking deep and hard. I tried to control the race in the first three/four laps and then push. 

"From five-zero/four-high (lap timeꦰs) I went to four-low and that is where I felt very strong. I tried to open a gap and that is what I did. 

"On those laps I felt very good with the bike and the last part of the race 𝔍I didn’t k♏now how my physical condition would be. 

"I thin👍k everybody struggled a lot in this race, so yeah, the gap that I opened with Fabio was enough to manage and ride very constant."

Both of Marquez’s wins this season have come at favoured left-handed circuits (Sachsenring and COTA), and while he’s always preferred these venues compared to right-handed tracks, Marquez said the fee🐻ling between both has increased following hi🌌s injury last year. 

"Of course, in the left circuit corners; always has been one of my strong points, but now with the injuries🐓 it is even bigger the difference, the feeling in right and left 🏅corners," said Marquez. 

"It is easy to explain tha🦩t the left corners I can turn and I can push with the left hand and use the triceps. 

"But in the right corners, just I push with the left and from there I have understeer. When I try to push with the right hand at the moment I can’t, but I am able to ride well⛄. 

"It is true that riding l𝄹ike this is difficult, w🤡hich is why I crashed many times, but we are working on it and we are trying to understand it well."