“That motorcycle is a disaster, it is not up to the task”

2023-06-17 19:10:39

The bad results of Marc Márquez and the problems of the RC213V have been more than evident in the German Grand Prix, where on Saturday the Catalan rider crashed three times. The lack of sensations with his bike meant that he could only be 11th at the close of the Sprint Race on one of his talismanic circuits.

The weekend already started badly for the man from Cervera, who after losing the front end of his Honda in the second practice saw how he had to go through Q1. The #93 did not start better on Saturdaywhere between free training and qualifying he had three falls, a situation that made him decide not to risk more than necessary in the short race.

Jorge Lorenzo, who already suffered the defects of the Honda in his last year as a professional, understands how much Marc is suffering this season. The Balearic rider could not have been more concise about his feelings on the Honda, “That motorcycle is a disaster, it is not up to the task”. The problems of the Japanese motorcycle have meant that its riders have to go over the limit continuously, causing two of its riders to be injured, and a third, Takaaki Nakagami, suffering from an injury at the 2022 Catalunya Grand Prix.

The former Balearic pilot is this weekend as a commentator on DAZN and has not hesitated to show his discomfort and bewilderment with the situation that Marc Márquez is experiencing, especially on a weekend in which he started as a favourite: “It’s quite sad to see Marc at the end of the race in front of Fabio di Giannantonio that it is not being competitive with the Ducati despite the fact that it is being more competitive on this track than on others. At the Sachsenring, where he has won 11 times, he doesn’t look comfortable at all, only in the wet at times, but in the dry he was very uncomfortable ”.

The situation that Honda is experiencing right now is the worst that has been remembered in a long time. This has caused him to be overwhelmed by the problems he is having with her, coming to suffer “Resignation, anger, impotence. It is a situation in which it is practically impossible to be calm, and he is not. He is physically fine, but he is not feeling well with the bike ”Lorenzo commented.

According to the MotoGP world champion, the Catalan’s attitude has changed in recent months, coinciding with the change of representative, something that together with the problems with the bike makes him increasingly nervous when competing: “Last year there were some changes in his environment and we see a different Marc, making firewood from a fallen tree is opportunistic, he is seen to be nervous. His actions on the track and off it show it, but it is very difficult, almost impossible, to be calm having this bike that does not work and is not competitive”.

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Finally, everything suggests that Márquez will continue fighting until the end of the contract he has with Honda in order to achieve a podium again, pulling pride with the signature of the golden wing: “It will not be turn off and let’s go, we will see Marc try until the end And until he no longer has a contract with Honda, if things no longer work, he will try until the end, I have no doubt”concluded Jorge Lorenzo.