Bezzecchi down at the first
Many – highly justified – expectations, but zero points. Marco Bezzecchi‘s Saturday in Thailand ends bitterly on the second lap, with a crash at turn-8 while leading and appearing able to pull away from Marc Marquez.
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The Bez pays dearly for a front-end tuck on his Aprilia, but even in the few minutes of action at Buriram, he confirms the potential of his RS-GP26, with which he can truly aim high, starting as early as tomorrow. Of course, provided he limits the errors: the #72 knows this well, taking the slide with philosophy and irony.
Bezzecchi’s words
“It was a small mistake, I would say not due to overconfidence but to the quest to give my best. With Marc, we had already overtaken each other two or three times, I wanted to try to gain a few meters of advantage. To close the corner well, I touched the inner white line a little and the front tucked; I tried to keep it up by giving it gas but it closed completely“, this was the comment to Sky Sport MotoGP. “In the end, it’s a fine line between being a phenomenon and an id***, this morning I slid but I took pole, in the Sprint I slid. It’s all experience, fortunately it’s only the Sprint, so fewer points are lost“.
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“World Championship? I hope to be competitive everywhere“, he added. “Starting tomorrow, it will be important to try to work well and try to stay calm despite the mistake. The race will be tough because it’s very long and here the wear is very high. It will be a race of survival, where the medium helps you give stability to the bike but won’t make all that much difference“.
