Alex Marquez (5th) is frustrated: Podium chance lost after a botched Q2?

Two crashes in qualifying, 9th on the grid – and still 5th in the Misano Sprint. MotoGP runner-up Alex Marquez was unsparing in his assessment of Saturday’s proceedings and believes the chance of a podium has been squandered.

Toni Schmidt

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12.09.2026 - 19:19

This article is an automatically generated English version. The Original Article was published in German.

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Q2 ahead of the Misano Sprint turned into a disaster for Alex Márquez: shortly after the session began, the Gresini rider skidded into the gravel, followed by a second crash in the final stages of Q2. As a result, the Spaniard could only manage 9th on the grid. “The mistake at Turn 8 was my fault; I went into it too fast. At Turn 4, it was the final lap. I was already well off the ideal line and I had to turn in, come what may. Then I crashed.”

Alex Marquez erlebte in Misano ein schwieriges Q2 mit zwei Stürzen
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He blames the complex tyre situation: Marquez had been riding on used soft rear tyres in free practice to prepare for the race. “In hindsight, it would have been better to work more with yesterday’s fresher tyres.” His conclusion was harsh: “A good qualifying session is the result of doing the right things at the right moment. Today it was exactly the opposite. I thought about the lap time first, rather than the pace – and made too many mistakes in the process.”

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