It's nothing to say that Alex Marquez is having a complicated start to the season. We can even say that he is having a hellish start to the year, since his chronic falling problems began during the offseason tests. Then the campaign started and things didn't get better. In four races, he has only seen the finish once, in Portugal. It was there that he scored the eight points he has in the general classification. He looks back on this nightmarish start, a bad series which he hopes to see the end of next weekend at Le Mans. Last year, he was second in the French Grand Prix…
Alex Marquez fell during the Grand Prix of Qatar, it fell to that of Doha, and he tried the asphalt again during his national meeting in Jerez. Meanwhile, his teammate Nakagami, with a 2020 chassis, narrowly missed the podium. And since his brother Marc has returned, he tries hard to leave him behind.
In short, there is no joy in the person who, in 2020, was the only one to bring podiums to the brand Honda. It is on this momentum that he hoped to continue in 2021. Suffice to say that he is far from it… The 18th in the championship recognizes it: “ It's not really easy honestly. But it's something we have to accept and we have to be focused. I believe that working with positivity is always better, so for this reason I am always positive and try to see the positive things in the negative things ».
Alex Marquez: “we must be a real team”
To illustrate this positive attitude, he specifies: “ from one weekend to another the situation can change a lot and we have to be there to stay focused, we have to keep working and then arrive at Le Mans 100% motivated and hope that from there the situation will change a little . And that from FP1 we will feel a little better. So that's it, we have to stay focused and with the team be a real team, put everything together and see the positive things ».
The race of Marquez at Jerez lasted only eight corners after contact with Iker Lecuona, the pilot Tech3 KTM while the LCR driver had progressed from 20th place on the grid. “ Not even a lap, so a racing disaster ", he declared on Motorsport. " I started off pretty well and regained some positions in the first corners. I passed Lecuona in turn 6 and suddenly when I was in turn 8 I was already in and I felt an impact on the inside. It was him. This is something that can sometimes happen in racing and that we cannot control. I'm sad and angry because it was also a hard accident ».
It will be recalled that during the first Grand Prix of the season in Qatar, Alex Marquez had ruined after a few turns after the start the race of the Tech3 KTM rider Danilo Petrucci hanging on to it just as much. The opportunity to bring the black series full circle?
