{"id":32544,"date":"2023-03-25T17:22:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T16:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/prima-sprint-race-con-marquez-in-top9\/"},"modified":"2023-03-25T17:23:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T16:23:44","slug":"prima-sprint-race-con-marquez-in-top9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/en\/prima-sprint-race-con-marquez-in-top9\/","title":{"rendered":"TOP-9 RESULT IN FIRST-EVER SPRINT RACE FOR MARQUEZ  \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Portimao<\/strong> was the stage for the first, spectacular sprint race ever, which also marked the opening encounter of 2023. After a disastrous qualifying, with <strong>Alex Marquez<\/strong> only 13<sup>th<\/sup> and Fabio Di Giannantonio all the way down in 21<sup>st<\/sup> place, both <strong>Team Gresini Racing MotoGP<\/strong> riders managed to make amends by finishing the race \u2013 with the Spaniard also able to score a point thanks to a ninth-place finish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mistake towards the halfway point of the race prevented the Spanish rider from battling with today\u2019s fastest riders, but Marquez still did a good job to attack and at the same time to fend off Quartararo\u2019s attacks \u2013 as he wrapped up the Sprint Race point-scoring top nine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Fabio Di Giannantonio<\/strong> also did a good job as he tried to recovered the lost confidence as he made up several positions while also staying upright aboard his Ducati #49. The first full race of the season will get underway tomorrow at 14:00 local time (GMT +1).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>9<sup>th<\/sup> &#8211; ALEX MARQUEZ #73 (1 point)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEveryone was a bit nervous and the race was a complicated one, especially as we started from 13<sup>th<\/sup> place on the grid. Too bad for that mistake at halfway point at turn five, as without that I could have raced with the front group. Too bad that I didn\u2019t overtake Zarco, we had the pace to do it, but it was important to start with confidence and without mistakes. We know now what we need to work on and on paper we have a pace to do better tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>16<sup>th<\/sup> &#8211; FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO #49<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe good thing is that it was a fun race and we managed to battle a little. 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