The six- time MotoGP world champion tallied up his third palm of the 2021 season after inheriting palm when long- time leader Francesco Bagnaia crashed out on stage 23, ending his title expedients.
Marquez had shadowed Bagnaia for utmost of the race, piling the pressure on him as he did at Aragon last month, but had just conceded defeat when the Ducati rider crashed.The Honda rider was left to lead the first plant Honda 1-2 since Aragon 2017, and to claim his first palm on a clockwise circuit since Japan 2019.
Marquez has been limited by the physical condition of his recovering right shoulder in 2021, but says the fact much of the weekend was affected by rain meant he came into SundayтАЩs Misano race feeling тАЬ freshтАЭ.
тАЬ This time I realised the qualifying practice isn't my stylish point, or my strongest point, so also I start to concentrate a lot on the thresholds,тАЭ Marquez said after starting from seventh.
тАЬ In fact, when I saw the stage time in the morning was 1m32.2 s, I sayтАШOk, whatтАЩs going on thenтАЩbecause history I was floundering to do 1m33.8s.
тАЬ But the fact that all weekend was in wet conditions, (this) gave me the chance to have the first Sunday where I arrived (to the race) fresh to ride with energy.тАЬ When I woke up I saidтАШOk, I feel the arm is there, I've powerтАЩ.тАЭMarquezтАЩs other triumphs in 2021 came at the anticlockwise Sachsenring and Circuit of the Americas, while his only other tribune before moment was at Aragon.