Marco Bezzecchi is third in the championship with 47 points behind Francesco Bagnaia who remains the leader after Bezzecchi achieving only a 6th place in today’s Sprint.
Knowing what it’s like to be in second position in the championship, Bezzecchi was somewhat disappointed with his Sprint performance, assuming that he made a mistake and that he lacked concentration at times when that can’t happen, further stating that the appalling crash in Q2 did not influence the race:
– I feel fine, I have some pain in my right ankle and my right knee, but fortunately nothing of concern. (…) The physical condition did not influence the race. I made some mistakes that unfortunately brought me some problems. First, at the start I could not disable the front system, so the first two corners I had to do it very slowly and I came out wide, because the bike did not corner. That’s why I lost the position with Marquez, Marc. And then Marc is always very difficult to overtake because he is very strong on braking. But I also made another mistake with the rear device and I used the device in a place where I didn’t have to use it and Zarco passed me because of that. So, yes, some mistakes I didn’t have to make, but I tried to do the best I could until the end.
Despite this, the Mooney VR46 Racing Team driver claims to be confident for tomorrow’s long race, with the certainty that, had it not been for today’s mistakes, he could have been fighting for a podium position:
– I think so (being around Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia). I don’t know if better or not, but for sure with them. (…) Of course, I’m always confident (for Sunday’s race). But I feel good about the bike, so the goal is to try to start even better than today. Today we made a good start, but it’s not easy in these kind of first corners, but yes, the goal is to try to do even better and be comfortable in the first positions.