Even after the crash, Marc Márquez kept his eyes locked on the bigger picture: the championship.
“There are six races to go and only two guys fighting for the championship,” he said. “That’s the main target. For me, the most important is to take the title — and it will be for the Márquez family.”
On rival Marco Bezzecchi, Márquez was blunt.
“It would have been a fight with Bezzecchi until the end,” he admitted. “But honestly, I think tomorrow Jorge Martín is the fastest rider. He has very good pace, especially because the medium rear tyre didn’t drop.”
For his own race, Márquez was just as clear.
“With the soft, I was struggling,” he explained. “It pushes too much to the front. In qualifying I had the same problem. With the medium, overall I feel more stable.”
Asked if beating Bezzecchi — an Aprilia rider — mattered more because he rides for Ducati, Márquez dismissed the idea.
“No, I don’t care,” he said. “The championship is what matters.”
Even Ducati bosses Gigi Dall’Igna and Davide Tardozzi weren’t angry when he returned to the garage.
“They told me: you did the most difficult and then you made the mistake,” Márquez revealed. “But it’s part of racing.”
Relaxed, pragmatic, and still holding a massive points lead, Márquez’s mindset is crystal clear: the crash was just a scratch on a season still firmly in his control.
