The final bouquet of the fireworks seen last Austrian Grand Prix will perhaps not be the only one to experience this year. If championship leader Marc Márquez is to be believed, there will be other opportunities to see this kind of ultimate contest until the end of this season. Because the five-time winner with 70 pole positions intends, until the end of this campaign, to seek all the points to be taken. This is promising!
Last year, his team encouraged him to manage his races with his head. But this time, it will be with his right wrist which controls the gas of his Honda. Marc Márquez explain : " In 2016, I didn't take as many risks at the end of a Grand Prix, because my lead in the championship was bigger. Today everything is tighter. So, when you have the opportunity to get another point, you have to do it. This will be my philosophy until the end of this season ».
Looking back on his defeat with honors at the Red Bull Ring, he specifies: “ The last time I got beaten in the last corner was, I think, in 2016 against Valentino Rossi in Barcelona. In Austria, Dovizioso was more comfortable than me, except in the last two corners where I gained three tenths from him. So I had to try and I will try again ».
Exactly, Dovizioso... " He is now second and he is sixteen points behind. I was told this summer that he would not be able to go the distance, but I see that he has the same number of victories as me and that he is fast. He will be there until the end and we will fight a beautiful and difficult fight until the end ».
We will recall that Dovizioso et Márquez have three wins at this stage of the season. Like a certain Casa Particular in Viñales which is not cited by the Honda official…
