Marquez like Haaland: charges Ducati and launches the ‘Viking Row’ towards the title – VIDEO

World Championship reopened

Marc Marquez in Germany, on the left-hand curves of ‘his’ Sachsenring, has stamped his definitive return in the race towards the tenth World title of his career. After reducing a 102-point gap to 40 over two weekends and maintaining this margin even at Assen, despite a weekend played entirely on the defensive, in Germany the red #93 took full advantage of the 37 available points, rising to the third position in the standings at -18 from leader Jorge Martin, increasingly precarious in his top position.

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Considering that Marquez raced up to Le Mans in extremely precarious physical conditions, that he is still far from 100% condition, that he missed two Grands Prix, and that Ducati and Aprilia are essentially tied in performance level this year, the fact that the current reigning champion is so close to the top of the standings is miraculous. He is perfectly aware of this and knows that now the momentum for the second half of the season is entirely in his favor. And the intentions of the Cervera phenomenon to be combative were clearly seen in the post-victory celebrations at Sachsenring.

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The ‘Viking Ducati’

The behind-the-scenes shown by the video Inside Ducati and the official MotoGP channel in its Unseen segment revealed the show organized by Marquez in front of the team garage. The Spanish champion gathered the whole team, had the music turned off, and had a fuel can and a stick brought to him. Then he improvised a true leader’s show replicating in a motorized version the now famous ‘Viking Row’ of Erling Haaland and the Norwegian fans that went viral during the Football World Cup.

And before making his mechanics and engineers ‘row,’ Marquez sent a clear message: “Now you have to imagine that the title is there,” the Spanish champion rallied, before starting to rhythmically beat the fuel can, turning it into a highly effective drum while his “Vikings” rowed. “Trust!,” Marquez then added, who is now more than ever the ‘leader’ of the band of Ducati pirates aiming to assault the ‘ship’ Aprilia, which has been leading the championship with its riders since the start of the season. Now the red ship, led by the Spanish captain, is getting closer and hiding below deck might be useless.

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