Chase away the natural and it comes back at a gallop, they say. This is the case of a Marc Márquez with visceral anger which sometimes makes him ignore certain basic instructions of caution. For example, like ensuring that a tire is at the right temperature before going to challenge the clock... The sanction, during the FP2 was immediate and the consequences could have been worse than a disrupted day of work and... A second motorcycle also damaged while trying to erase the first error... Natural!
Marc Márquez, it's the attack in the last corner in Austria and it's the assumed desire to get the slightest point from your opponent between now and the end of the season. But, as a result, it’s also risk-taking. Or even more… On his two falls, MM93 comments: “ the first accident was a lost bet because I thought that with the warmer track, the tire would heat up more quickly. But that was not the case. I received it harshly, but it passed quite quickly. I took the second bike and it was different, but I attacked anyway to forget this fall ».
And there was another: “ This one is normal, it happens when you play with the limit. I wasn't as good as the first one. We'll see what happens tomorrow. We will work on the settings and we will try to work well ". Because the potential of the Honda is there. If Pedrosa fell into oblivion, Crutchlow showed the way by taking control of the last free practice session.
There remain a few questions to be answered: “ the tires are difficult to pin down. This morning I shot with the software and it wasn't so bad. Viñales took it too and he wasn't bad. But we don't know how it wears out. Tomorrow, Saturday, it will be important to understand that ».
Regarding the new flag to flag procedure, he could only observe after having damaged his two motorcycles... But he has his idea: “ We're going to talk about it in the Safety Commission, but from what I've seen, it penalizes those who enter first. They have to wait for those coming behind before leaving and we can easily lose four seconds ". Performance or security? Eternal question…
#BritishGP MotoGP J.1: Chronos
| 1 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 2'00.897 | ||
| 2 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 2'01.138 | 0.241 | 0.241 |
| 3 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 2'01.168 | 0.271 | 0.030 |
| 4 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 2'01.592 | 0.695 | 0.424 |
| 5 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 2'01.611 | 0.714 | 0.019 |
| 6 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 2'01.655 | 0.758 | 0.044 |
| 7 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 2'01.832 | 0.935 | 0.177 |
| 8 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 2'01.885 | 0.988 | 0.053 |
| 9 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 2'01.893 | 0.996 | 0.008 |
| 10 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Ducati | 2'01.933 | 1.036 | 0.040 |
| 11 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 2'01.974 | 1.077 | 0.041 |
| 12 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 2'02.072 | 1.175 | 0.098 |
| 13 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | 2'02.097 | 1.200 | 0.025 |
| 14 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 2'02.098 | 1.201 | 0.001 |
| 15 | 76 | Loris BAZ | Ducati | 2'02.202 | 1.305 | 0.104 |
| 16 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 2'02.250 | 1.353 | 0.048 |
| 17 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 2'02.408 | 1.511 | 0.158 |
| 18 | 43 | Jack Miller | Honda | 2'02.507 | 1.610 | 0.099 |
| 19 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Yamaha | 2'02.580 | 1.683 | 0.073 |
| 20 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | Ducati | 2'02.735 | 1.838 | 0.155 |
| 21 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Honda | 2'02.860 | 1.963 | 0.125 |
| 22 | 22 | Sam LOWES | Aprilia | 2'03.475 | 2.578 | 0.615 |
| 23 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 2'04.429 | 3.532 | 0.954 |
