Last Sunday, Marc Márquez was close to his first podium in a main race since moving to Gresini. However, he couldn’t resist the brake issues with his Ducati and crashed while leading the MotoGP Americas GP.
Frankie Carchedi, the rider’s crew chief, didn’t hide his disappointment with what happened, praising the performance while promising that the issue will be rectified:
– I’m gutted for Marc. To run at the front with the problem all race was truly incredible. We found the step we needed from Saturday, but an unfortunate problem arose in the race, which we will study and fix
The engineer also recalled Márquez’s trajectory in this early part of the season: ‘Only done three rounds. Two podiums in Sprint races. Leading a race. And lots of action. There are still many areas to work on’.
At this moment, after always fighting for podium places since Qatar, Márquez is eighth in the championship. Incidents prevented him from scoring points in the main races of Portugal and Austin.