Marc Marquez crashed from third in the Malaysian Grand Prix but rejoined and finished in 12th place.

On Saturday Marc Marquez finished in second place in the Sprint Race and showed podium pace for the Grand Prix. However, on Sunday during the Grand Prix Marquez crashed whilst circulating in third but rejoined and finished 12th.

When he was in third Marquez had the best seats in the house to witness Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin battling in the opening laps.

"I was a VIP a spectator for that nice battle," Marquez said.

"I enjoyed it a lot. But at the same time, I didn't understand. Because they were battling, but their lap times were still super-fast. Even if I was just missing the slipstream, I saw that we were opening a gap also with the other riders. So they were riding in a very good way."

Because of Bagnaia and Martin's pace at the front, Marquez was unable to attack. The Spaniard made it clear he wanted to fight for the win, but he was physically unable to do so on Sunday.

"Just they were faster than me," Marquez said. "Sometimes when you are behind somebody people say from the TV, ‘Why don’t you overtake? Why don’t you join the battle?’

"But today, even if I tried to be in that battle, they were faster than me and it was not possible in terms of speed of riding."

'I take the positives and it was a super good weekend.'

After witnessing the titanic battle ahead of him Marquez found himself sliding off of the track at the final corner. The Spaniard was left confused by his crash as he believed that he did not do anything different from previous laps.

"In Thailand, I said ‘I understand my crash’," Marquez said. "But today, I saw Bastianini was +2.5s behind and said ‘OK, I will control the distance with him’.

"I didn't brake later. I didn't brake harder. But I crashed. Sometimes you cannot explain, but I accept it was my mistake. I rejoined the race. The bike was a bit damaged, especially the shift lever. But out of respect for the team, I decided to finish the race and I even caught some points."

Marquez did manage to rejoin the race and finished in 12th place, which kept him ahead of Enea Bastianini in the World Championship.

"I'm very happy about my weekend because we performed in a very good way," Marquez stated.

"It's true that if you make a mistake on a Sunday, then it looks like it was a disaster, but it was not like this. Always I take the positives and it was a super good weekend. The good thing is that we rejoined the race and finished in 12th place."