The Gresini Ducati rider endured a troublesome qualifying which noticed him knocked out in Q1, although he recovered brilliantly within the dash to complete second.
Marquez did the identical once more on Sunday, although took 17 laps to get into the rostrum locations earlier than closing down a two-second hole to catch eventual winner Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia.
Whereas ending second after a final lap overtake on Bagnaia, Marquez admitted afterwards that he was “not satisfied” he may battle for the win as soon as he reached the leaders.
“At this time I used to be not satisfied, as a result of after I arrived to them, I used to be fully exhausted,” Marquez mentioned, scoring a second grand prix podium of 2024 on Gresini’s one thousandth GP.
“I used to be pushing all of the race, no time to chill out, after which I arrived to them and I attempted to assault.
“However then I mentioned ‘hmm, I’m not feeling nicely now on the bike’.
“And I noticed additionally Pecco had an excellent acceleration. So, it was troublesome to search out the purpose to overhaul as a result of additionally he was defending nicely on Flip 3.
“However on that final lap I mentioned ‘I can be there to see if one thing occurs’.
“I noticed Pecco was not attacking Martin, so I am going out nicely from that Flip 8 and in Flip 9 I attempted. I used to be in a position to cease nicely.”
Marquez believes he would have stood a greater likelihood at successful the French GP had he not received caught up in a “unusual” battle for third with VR46 Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio.
“That battle on these laps was unusual as a result of it is advisable to perceive generally which a part of the race you’re, and if some rider is coming from the again you can not lose two seconds there as a result of we misplaced 1.5s in that chicane with a contact; I had the place already,” he added.
“However I overlook [this battle afterwards] and I stored going, and we did a tremendous tempo.
“It’s true that with out that battle I had extra likelihood as a result of I’d have extra laps behind them. However that second place, at this time, was greater than higher.”
