A pair of accidents during the Malaysian MotoGP weekend meant that Marc Marquez has matched his accident record of 27 falls in a season, from 2017.
That’s despite the Repsol Honda rider missing three of the 18 rounds held so far due to injury and withdrawing from two other Sunday races.
” We had to break some record this year!” Marquez joked.
“It’s the falls, which is not the best feeling, but it means that we are trying, that even knowing that we have only a few races left I continue to push.
“It shows my commitment to the brand, to continue giving 100% on the track.”
Underlining the critical nature of the RC213V, team-mate Joan Mir – who has also been sidelined due to injuries – is second on the list with 23 falls, meaning a combined total of 50 for the Repsol Honda duo.
The accident list only counts falls during grand prix weekends and not official test sessions.
After his 27th fall in the Saturday Sprint, Marquez rode to 13th place in the grand prix.
“It has been a difficult Sunday to end a complicated weekend, really it all came from Qualifying on Saturday,” said Marquez, who became embroiled in some tow antics with Franco Morbidelli in qualifying before sliding off while trying to pass Augusto Fernandez.
“From 20th [on the grid] is always difficult and my feeling with the bike was similar to what it was in the Sprint race.
“Yesterday I pushed and crashed, today I managed everything and was able to at least get some points.
“We have another tough race coming up in Qatar where we can try and improve our situation and results. Let’s keep on going and get ready for the next one.”
Mir and LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami crashed in the main race.
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