Misano 2 would therefore not be a flash in the pan, or an accident. Alex Marquez, a week ago, finished seventh in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, thus signing, by far, his best performance since he was on a Honda Repsol in MotoGP. Here he is now ninth at the end of Friday, ahead of Valentino Rossi and therefore potentially already in Q2. What happened to change your brother like this? Exactly, let’s talk about Marc…
Things are better for one Alex Marquez who jokes about the favorable evolution of his performances on the Honda Repsol: “ Marc's visit yesterday gave me magical powers », he laughs as a preliminary. “ No, jokes aside. It wasn't a bad day for us, it went well. Well, maybe everyone else didn't push 100%, because you have to be very careful with the tires here. But in general, I am satisfied ».
« Okay, we all suffer from poor rear wheel grip, every rider does. It's a very nice track here in Montmeló, but I don't know why the surface doesn't give you any grip. We hope that the track conditions will improve a little and that we will find even more traction with a modified bike setup. But overall I'm happy with the first day » repeats the Spaniard.
“We have made progress on electronics”
« We have certainly made progress with our bikes since Brno, and as a rookie I can now cope better with little grip than at the first Grand Prix of the season. I can now take better care of the rear tire at race pace. We have also made progress on electronics, which is why we are more competitive than in August. But now we have to make serious changes, because we come straight from two GPs in Misano, where we found a new surface and a lot of grip. The conditions are the same for everyone. Saturday we still need to work on race pace and whether the medium rear tire is an option for the race » concludes Alex, who undoubtedly pleases his older brother…
MotoGP Barcelona J1: classification
