Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez believes he won't have challenged Jorge Lorenzo for victory at Mugello even if he had avoided crashing early in the race. Marquez had moved up from sixth on the grid to second by lap five, and was running close behind leader Lorenzo when he slid off into the gravel at the Scarperia right-hander. He remounted his Honda but could only finish 16th, while Lorenzo eased to a dominant win out front. Asked after the race if he thought he had the pace to deny his fellow Spaniard victory, Marquez responded unequivocally: “No. “Podium [was] possible - because after the crash, the bike was not perfect and still like this, was on a good pace, similar pace of...
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