Marc Marquez feels he 'crashed in the easiest part of the race' after losing the opportunity to pick up his first MotoGP win with Ducati in the Spanish Grand Prix sprint.
Gresini rider Marquez made a relatively slow launch from pole position to drop to third at the start, but repassed both KTM's Brad Binder and Pramac star Jorge Martin to retake the lead on lap 7. By the start of lap 9, Marquez had pulled himself clear of the chasing pack and was seemingly on his way to a first victory of 2024, only to suffer a fall at the Turn 9 left-hander.
Marquez explained that he never saw the wet patch that led to his crash at Turn 9, but he was conservative on the entry to the corner on that particular lap. 'I didn't realise that was that wet patch during all the race,' he said. 'I saw that there were some wet patches in the entry but on gas I didn't see that wet patch. And then, in fact, that lap I braked a bit earlier and I kept a bit more corner speed but maybe I only went 10cm because worst 20cm patch.
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