2023-09-10 18:18:49
Marc Márquez leaves Misano with his best result of the year in a Sunday race. The Catalan finished seventh at the close of the San Marino Grand Prix, an appointment in which the #93 played everything on one card by going out on the track with Michelin’s soft rear compound, a risky bet that finally turned out to be the right one for a Márquez who, once again, has been the best Honda of the year. weekend, also by a lot of difference.
Aware that his pace and speed were light years ahead of the leading group, Marc chose to focus on his fight with Maverick Viñales for fifth place; The Honda rider even put the Aprilia rider in check, but halfway through the race his physical condition began to suffer and, with the soft rear rubber falling in the final laps, he was limited to resisting the attacks of Miguel’s Aprilias. Oliveira (who managed to pass him) and Raúl Fernández, who finished just behind Marc, half a second behind.
“I have totally broken down,” recognized the eight-time world champion at the DAZN microphone. “Aside from that, which I’ve lost my mind, we were also going with that choice of soft tire which was the correct one, because we could do three quarters of the race very well, but in the last quarter you go with the soft one… you have a little less “lamented the one from Cervera.
Unlike other races, Marc assures that here in Misano “has found himself comfortable, and although it is strange to say, I finished seventh, but I did the perfect race. I have felt fast, comfortable. It’s true that I used more energy to catch Viñales. “I wanted to catch him and not let go, but when I got to him I was over my limits, and I relaxed a little and started to pick up a different pace, otherwise I wouldn’t have finished the race.”
Left without a rear tire, Márquez has begun to suffer “too many scares” and he has realized the danger he ran if he risked more than necessary. “The last four laps I have defended myself as best I could from the large group that came from behind, and I have been able to achieve this seventh position, which is not good but it is not bad either“rated #93.
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Tomorrow, Monday, Misano will host a test that Márquez describes as “very important” because this is where you will test “the new motorcycle” of 2024. “It is the one that Bradl used this weekend. From here on, and Alberto (Puig) already said it yesterday in an interview on DAZN with Izaskun, words are no longer valid, only facts. There must be facts to continue at Honda“, said #93 to the question posed by Jorge Lorenzo about where he will race next year.
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Fed up with the situation, Marc says that “he wants facts, not just tomorrow”, a message that he sends directly to those responsible for the brand in Japan: “Facts are missing. PDFs are no longer valid, nor ‘it will be done, it will be done’… no, it has to be done. A pilot can promise a lot, but if the results don’t come out, ‘it’s just that’, ‘it’s that’, and that’s it. Well, in the end in a project the pilot also demands facts. The deadline? “That is being seen,” the Catalan pilot adds.
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