Ducati <\/a>rider walked away unscathed from the incident, though is now 44 points down in the championship after registering his second Sunday DNF of the campaign.<\/p>\nSpeaking to the media on Sunday afternoon, Marquez says the fall was his mistake while noting that he was aiming for \u201cthird, fourth\u201d rather than victory.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYeah, I\u2019m ok,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur race finished earlier, but we enjoyed the Spanish GP from Thursday to today.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnluckily, our race finished early, but nothing to say – just a mistake.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, of course I did something different because I crashed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just a mistake. Sometimes it happens, and in those first laps of the race, I was trying to control everything, because I knew that Alex was faster than everybody in dry conditions this weekend.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd my target was to try to work to finish in that third, fourth place.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ducait looked decidedly better than Aprilia at Jerez on Sunday for the first time this season, with Alex Marquez beating Marco Bezzecchi by almost two seconds.<\/p>\n
However, Marc Marquez didn\u2019t suggest he happy yet with where his GP26 is at currently, and is hoping to make a step forward in the post-race test on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, I was stronger on Saturday in rain conditions, but on Friday in dry conditions we were far from the fastest riders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we need to keep working to understand where we can improve.<\/p>\n
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\u201cTomorrow we have a test, where we will try to work a bit more and try to understand if we can improve in some areas, especially to be more consistent on Sundays.\u201d<\/p>\n
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