MotoGP Japan J2, Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati Q4/S6): “Crossing swords with Marc Márquez is always difficult”

Very mixed day for Marco Bezzecchi in Japan. This morning, the Italian suffered a huge fall during qualifying. Then, this afternoon, he had to battle with his own electronics to get out of a mess. This resulted in a sixth place at the end of the Sprint, well behind the “Martinator” but also his great friend Pecco Bagnaia. Le Bez' loses big points, but has good reason to hope for tomorrow. At Motegi, the Desmosedici is going strong, and even if it is not its favorite type of track, it demonstrated at Le Mans that it can perform on “stop & go” circuits.

Nothing went right today. As reported in GP One, Marco Bezecchi faced a whole host of problems, starting with a huge volume during qualifying. « My accident was even scarier from the inside than in the pictures. I entered the corner with slightly fresh tires as I wanted to leave space between Fabio Di Giannantonio and me to attack. I slipped, but I was able to return to the box to take the other bike, which had mediums. It's not the best here but I was able to place fourth » he confided immediately. Marco Bezzecchi has the ability to get up instantly, or even run right after a huge fall; we remember the one driven by Franco Morbidelli during the Sprint in Jerez. For this morning's, see:

 

 

But the problems were just beginning, so to speak. Because if he was not injured after his straggler as he explains, he had all the difficulties in the world with his equipment supposed to improve certain phases of piloting. « Initially, I couldn't deactivate my front level control. As a result, I lost time in the first two corners. Then afterwards, I made a mistake with the ride height device on the back, I left it on when I should have deactivated it. Some concentration errors... » specified the recently renewed Mooney VR46 driver.

However, we also saw him attempt an unsuccessful overtake on Marc Márquez after his setbacks, a driver always difficult to maneuver as he masters this art. « Duels with Marc are always difficult. I think if it wasn't for my problems, Jack Miller wouldn't have passed me in the first place. Trying to make up for mistakes leads to more" In fact, we can legitimately expect a nice improvement for the main race tomorrow.

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2023 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix Sprint Result:

 

 

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