{"id":3363,"date":"2025-10-07T14:48:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplythebez.com\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:50:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:50:24","slug":"mandalika-from-the-podium-to-the-gravel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplythebez.com\/en\/mandalika-from-the-podium-to-the-gravel\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandalika: From the Podium to the Gravel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"135\" data-end=\"371\">It\u2019s hard to talk about the weekend in Indonesia after Sunday\u2019s crash.<br data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"208\" \/>Because up until that moment, <strong data-start=\"238\" data-end=\"273\">everything had gone really well<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"277\" \/>I had an incredible pace that took me to <strong data-start=\"318\" data-end=\"335\">pole position<\/strong> and a win in <strong data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"370\">Saturday\u2019s Sprint<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"551\">Despite a bad start that dropped me back to <strong data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"423\">P8<\/strong>, I fought my way up and passed <strong data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"476\">Ferm\u00edn (Aldeguer)<\/strong> on the final lap \u2014 in what was probably the <strong data-start=\"521\" data-end=\"550\">best Sprint of the season<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"875\">On Sunday, I was fired up.<br data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"582\" \/>I had the pace to <strong data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"621\">fight for the win<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"625\" \/>But I got off to a poor start and immediately got stuck in the pack.<br data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"696\" \/>We reached <strong data-start=\"707\" data-end=\"719\">Sector 2<\/strong> \u2014 the one where I\u2019m usually really strong\u2026<br data-start=\"762\" data-end=\"765\" \/><strong data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"785\">Maybe too strong<\/strong>, because suddenly I found <strong data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"832\">Marc\u2019s (Marquez)<\/strong> rear wheel in front of me \u2014 and I hit him.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"877\" data-end=\"956\">We both ran off the track.<br data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"906\" \/>He went down immediately, I crashed shortly after.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"1187\">It was a <strong data-start=\"967\" data-end=\"981\">nasty fall<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"982\" data-end=\"985\" \/>I went to check on him right away and realized <strong data-start=\"1032\" data-end=\"1056\">something was broken<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1060\" \/>I apologized \u2014 it was <strong data-start=\"1082\" data-end=\"1096\">my mistake<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1097\" data-end=\"1100\" \/>These are things that can happen in racing\u2026 unfortunately, this time it happened to me.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1189\" data-end=\"1324\">It was definitely a <strong data-start=\"1209\" data-end=\"1221\">big blow<\/strong>, not just mentally, but physically too \u2014 a hit that added to the ones I took back in the Japan Sprint.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1535\">Now I\u2019ve got <strong data-start=\"1339\" data-end=\"1363\">two weeks to recover<\/strong> before Phillip Island.<br data-start=\"1386\" data-end=\"1389\" \/>The <strong data-start=\"1393\" data-end=\"1451\">fight for third in the championship is still wide open<\/strong>, and I know that if I can shake off these knocks, I\u2019ll be really competitive again.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1537\" data-end=\"1648\">And for sure, <strong data-start=\"1551\" data-end=\"1578\">the fire to bounce back<\/strong> \u2014 learning from this episode and growing from it \u2014 <strong data-start=\"1630\" data-end=\"1647\">is 100% there<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1673\"><strong data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1673\">On to the next one.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to talk about the weekend in Indonesia after Sunday\u2019s crash.Because up until that moment, everything had gone really well.I had an incredible pace that took me to pole position and a win in Saturday\u2019s Sprint. 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