Marc Marquez admits he pushed \u201ctoo much\u201d to win the 2025 MotoGP German Grand Prix sprint as it was \u201ca day to think about the championship\u201d and \u201cfinish second\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Ducati rider ended Friday cautioning the media that a wet Saturday at the Sachsenring would force him to consider his championship position when determining what risks to take.<\/p>\n
Having qualified on pole, Marc Marquez went on to win the 15-lap sprint at the German Grand Prix<\/a>, but had to fight back from fifth after running wide at the start.<\/p>\n He took the lead again on the final lap to win his 10th sprint this season and extend his championship lead to 78 points.<\/p>\n Marquez says a lack of tyre temperature at the start meant he considered finishing off the podium, but was able to push more a few laps in.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course, that first corner complicated everything, especially because the first two, three laps the feeling was not good,\u201d he told motogp.com.<\/p>\n \u201cI was struggling a lot with the tyre temperature, and that also created a bit the mistake of the first corner.<\/p>\n \u201cI went in and I saw that the bike was locking a lot, moving a lot and I decided to go wide, to lose some positions but stay in the race – which was the most important thing.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first two laps I was struggling, I said \u2018ok, today it\u2019s time to finish fifth, sixth, fourth\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cBut then in one point the tyres were in the correct temperature and I started to feel the bike, I felt the transition with the bike and then I started to attack – maybe too much.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause now we are happy, but second position was also enough. But my instinct said \u2018try to win\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cAs I said, today was a day to think about the championship.<\/p>\n \u201cFor that reason it was a day to finish second, for example. But I\u2019m like this. I try to control it, I try to work on myself to control everything but sometimes just you need to try to follow you instinct.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I think Gigi [Dall\u2019Igna] enjoys this; he has the mentality of a rider. So, this victory is for him because today is his birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n There was a second big moment for Marquez during the sprint after overtaking Fabio Quartararo<\/a> for second on lap nine.<\/p>\n Going through Turn 2 he nearly lost the rear, and admits he thought at that moment \u201cit\u2019s time to fly\u201d.<\/p>\n Explaining the moment, he said: \u201cThat was close, especially because when I overtook Fabio in Turn 1 I jumped into Turn 2 a bit closer and then I tried to be in the same line, the same speed, but I went in closer.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I forced more the lateral grip and then I missed the rear grip. In one moment I said \u2018ok, it\u2019s time to fly\u2019 but I stayed on the bike.\u201d<\/p>\n