Marquez “impressed” by his charge from 20th in Assen MotoGP

The six-time world champion crashed in qualifying on Saturday and was forced to start from 20th on the grid for Sunday’s 26-lap Dutch TT.

One of only three riders to go for the soft rear, Marquez had leaped up to 12th after the first lap and would go on to finish seventh, narrowly pipping Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro after a late battle.

The German GP winner expected Assen to be a…