The day was hard and trying for Marc Marquez, returning from 9 months of convalescence, who suffered another big fall on the Jerez track. The same one where he left his right humerus last July, an injury which would subsequently impose a long ordeal on him. A hell of a scare, but fortunately more harm than harm. The Honda official was nevertheless shaken, but he is not looking for this accident as an excuse for his worst career MotoGP qualifying which put him 14th on the grid. It would be very bad to know him...
For those who might have feared that this violent fall at turn 7 of the Jerez track during the FP3 du Spanish Grand Prix is likely to instill doubt in the mind of Marc Marquez, the latter reassures: this is not the case. Better, if he only failed 14th in qualifying, it was because of a bad choice of tires, and not because of a bruised body. Even if, indeed, he was shaken.
Marc Marquez also says on this subject: “ I received a blow to the head and back, but I want to emphasize that if I am here, it is because I am fine ". He even adds, clearing the line: “ it is very difficult to widen the clearances on the most legendary circuits. Security is excellent and in fact, without the “Airfence”, it would have been very different. When I saw the motorcycle moving away from me and saw that it could no longer be saved, It gave me time to think about protecting my arms. This is what I have now weaker and I pick them up. And once your arms are in, you wait to see where your speed takes you. Obviously, a fall like this, whether it's the first or the last, is scary, because you don't get used to falling like that and hitting protection ».
Marc Marquez: “the accident did not affect my driving”
That being cleared up, he returns to this Q1, with a clear message to his team… “ The accident didn't affect my riding, but the choice of front tire did. I chose the software for security, while for me the best was the medium. The choice was not to get the result, front tire choice was based on drop. We went with what we thought was safe and that limited my time. Decisions in the future must be based on performance ».
And it becomes even clearer, so that we understand it well: “ if I want to be the same in the future, I have to take risks and go to the limit. I can't look for more than I need to, but I'm starting to feel better on the bike, and that's what we want ". He completes his argument thus: “ ufall like this relieves you because you come out unscathed"
And for the race? “ It's difficult to know what race we can do, I think it will be a race less and more because the pace is good. I won't say a result because we have nothing in mind ". An indication nonetheless: “ I did very well in FP4 with worn tires »...
MotoGP Spain J2: qualifying
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