Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez said he decided against throwing caution to the wind in his bid to close the gap to the rostrum places in the Qatar MotoGP after the defending world champion made a costly mistake on the first lap. Marquez ran off the track at the first corner and was dead last, leaving himself with a mountain to climb in the 22-lap race. He hauled himself up to fifth place but after almost crashing in his efforts to reel in the top four of Valentino Rossi, Andrea Dovizioso, Andrea Iannone and Jorge Lorenzo, he opted to settle for the 11 championship points on offer, rather than ending the race 'in the gravel'. “I didn't make one of my special starts like always and then when...
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