MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez says his crash in practice ahead of the French Grand Prix allowed him to prevent a fall at the same corner en route to victory in the race. Marquez suffered his only crash of the Le Mans weekend in the closing minutes of the third practice session, folding the front tyre on entry into the Dunlop Chicane. He went accident-free for the rest of the weekend, but came close to tucking the front in the same way at the same corner halfway through the race – successfully using his elbow to keep the bike upright. “On Turn 3 I had a moment, like FP3 [when] I crash there,” Marquez recalled. “And this crash helps me to save on the race. “Because when I...
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