Marc Márquez overcame a bad start win again in Australia. At first it looked like the Cervera man had a problem with the rear tire, like in the starts during training, but that was not the case. The rear tire skidded after hitting the to tear out and this caused his bike to go off and he found himself paired with Marini’s Honda on the straight.
He to tear out This is a transparent plastic sheet that is placed over the helmet visor and serves to block dirt and protect the lenses from possible scratches. When everything was ready for the fire to be extinguished, A mosquito crawled across his visor and left a stain that prevented him from seeing. GOOD.
Márquez had no choice but to remove it at that point, as it reduced his visibility and he did not have time to do so before the first corner. With such bad luck that by throwing it he to tear out It had a boomerang effect and remained below the 93 Ducati.. Marc saw it and tried to remove it, but it didn’t work. Unfortunately, in his attempt to push it away, when he touched it, the plastic sheet lifted and the wind blew it right in front of his rear wheel.
SKIDDING DUE TO STOP! 😱
Marc Márquez removed the plastic from his visor just before departure… And he stayed under the wheel! 😳😅#AustraliaGP 🇦🇺 #MotoGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/W5u4TiZpE7
– DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES) October 20, 2024
This caused As he left, he walked on the to tear out with the rear wheel and he skidded which almost cost him the race. The Spaniard dropped to thirteenth position, although he managed to regain positions on the straight and finished seventh at the first corner, just behind Bastianini. Little by little he came back and finally he won and everything remained an anecdote.
“I never throw it away”
After the race, the man from Cervera admitted that he was not used to throwing the visor cloths on the grid because of the consequences that it can have, but this time he did not hesitate to do so. to do when he realized that he could not see well because of the mosquito stain: “Listen, I never throw it awayor I try never to throw it on the starting grid, why can this happen. Not just for you, but also for a motorcycle that follows you. But when I put on the front device, the typical mosquito that left all the drool came on, and I saw the traffic light even with water,” he commented with a laugh. DAZN.
“I say I have to throw it away because I won’t have time before the first turn, with the bad luck that he was put under the wheel“, he added. Just before the start of the race, the Gresini man realized that he was right below him, but it was too late not to concentrate on the start as the fire was about to s ‘to light up.
“I saw it but couldn’t get it out. This really threw me off track at first. I don’t know how he was doing in the first corner, but I saw Marini here and he wasn’t far ahead.. I say Marini, but make no mistake, they started from the back,” explained Marc Márquez. This initially doomed his chances of becoming leader, but he finally brought out his magic to sign a gift to the public . Australian yet another great comeback and another victory in Australia five years later.
