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Ducati’s Marc Marquez has become the primary MotoGP horse to win six-straight sprints as the Spaniard maintained his best record in the shorter structure at the French Grand Prix to recapture the championship lead from his brother Alex.
Alex’s Gresini Racing teammate and MotoGP quarterback Fermin Aldeguer came next on Saturday for his first jump floor while polesitter Fabio Quartararo had just manage fourth position at his home Grand Prix.
Alex came into the trip with a one-point guide over Marc but after a fifth successive second-place end in lunges, he is presently two details behind his elder brother, who won by just over half a minute.
Quartararo had entertained the house crowd as he pushed tight at the start, but the Yamaha horse may not sustain that pace as he lost out to the strong Ducati equipment in an all-Spanish floor.
” Fabio, in the start, was super fast, he was pushing a lot and then I said ,’Okay, I cannot follow that pace on the first two laps’,” Marc Marquez said.
” But then I saw that he started to drop his pace a bit and then I felt better and better. In the last laps I was riding well, maybe the last lap I relaxed a bit too much, but I’m feeling good. “
Frenchman Quartararo had taken pole when he smashed the lap record and he briefly lost the lead off the line before regaining it when Marc Marquez went wide on turn one amid loud cheers from the stands.
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia, third in the riders ‘ standings, lost a points-scoring opportunity when he crashed on lap two and is now 31 points behind his team mate.
Up front, Marc Marquez’s red Ducati was all over the rear tyre of Quartararo’s blue Yamaha and the pair swapped positions on lap six before the Spaniard took the lead and opened up a gap.
Within the space of two laps, Quartararo suddenly went from leading the sprint to falling to third when Alex lined up an overtake and shot past the Frenchman.
French fans experienced a roller-coaster of emotions as Quartararo battled Aldeguer for the final podium spot before the Gresini rider found a way through and held on for third place.
” I feel incredible! It’s a dream for me to be here with top riders… We have the speed but we need more experience,” Aldeguer said.
Australian Jack Miller finished 11th on his Pramac Yamaha some 12 seconds adrift of Marquez.
