Questioned about whether he is comfortable with the intensity the fight had, Márquez stated: ‘I am one of those who says, “These are races,” and sometimes it can happen. Today it is true that I was smart enough and gave up at the right moment, because otherwise, either Pecco, or I, or both, would have fallen. Because ultimately when I went into turn 10 and received the impact on my arm and leg from his front wheel, at that moment there are two things: either I fall because I lose the rear, or he falls like yesterday. So I simply gave up, lifted the bike and decelerated to avoid the highside. Yes, I lost the position, but I gained 20 points, so sometimes it’s not just the rider who creates the situation that has responsibility for all actions. Sometimes the rider who receives the impact can also avoid it, and this time I was smart enough to avoid that fall and reacted well to that contact from Pecco‘.
At the 2021 Aragon GP, #93 also fought for victory with Bagnaia, and from that case commented: ‘It was a long time ago, Unfortunately in the last three years he is more used to having this fight for victory. Of course, it was my first real fight for victory on dry pavement in the last two years. So, for me the most important thing this weekend was that I had the speed. The most important thing in the race is that even with those five laps when I lost several positions, I had the speed to overtake, the distance between me and Pecco was about a second and I had the speed to catch him. I had the speed to try the overtake. Unfortunately, in the last two laps when the temperature of the front tire increased, I couldn’t do anything and had some front-end locks. I didn’t give up completely, but I didn’t make that extra effort to fight with him because the risk was high to have three consecutive falls in the race‘.
