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dez and Martin by two-tenths
of a second. It was a statement
of intent from Noale.
However, the Sprint's pro-
tagonist was something of
a surprise. Initially, Marquez
made a play, launching brilliantly
from fourth to lead into turn
one. But his ring-rustiness on
his injury return soon showed,
as Fernandez, Martin, Diogo
MotoGP Sprint
Ducati occupied five of Friday's
top six. Yet Aprilia found an
extra gear on Saturday morn-
ing. And, it seemed, a few extra
cubes as Martin smashed
the all-time top speed record
in FP3 (229 mph). They then
locked out the front row, with
Bezzecchi's new outright lap
record enough to head Fernan
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93 MARC MARQUEZ
5TH/7TH MOTOGP
"I'm very happy with how the
weekend went," Marc Marquez said.
"I managed to show my speed at
times, but I knew that I would strug-
gle a bit more over race distance.
I was still able to battle for fourth
place for most of the race, and that's
a positive. I had a hard time in the
right-handers and, towards the end,
also with the changes of direction,
but I think it's normal, as this is one
of the most demanding tracks on
the calendar."
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