Alex Marquez had good hopes of a podium in Austin which would have followed the last meeting in Argentina. Qualified second on the first row, he initially gave the illusion of even being a candidate for victory before lowering his flag in front of the two Dynavolt team drivers. Not without virile resistance. But it was already the swan song for whose brother you know.
While his brother Marc then recovered from a fall which deprived him of a seventh success in a row on the circuit of the Grand Prix of the Americas, Alex Marquez regretted having once again missed the podium in this meeting. In fact, he was never part of the party at the end of the Texan race. But his dream of finally making a difference only lasted eight rounds.
He comments: “ I felt very comfortable on the bike. But then I started making too many mistakes. Eight laps before the finish, I had problems with my rear tire. It's not the best result, but we were able to score very important points », added the younger brother of the MotoGP champion, Marc Márquez, regarding the championship ranking.
« This is exactly what we need to do and continue to improve ", declared the teammate of a Xavi Verge victim of the jostling at the end of the peloton from the first turn. He concludes about his performance: “ I'm not happy with my performance because of the mistakes, but I'm happy with the team's good performance ". Álex Márquez is fifth in the championship, 14 points behind the leader Baldassarri who dropped out in Texas.
