Marc Marquez is not having a good weekend at Silverstone as part of a British Grand Prix which offers him a hectic return to school after the serenity of the summer break. The restart during the race of Ducati champions at Misano had put him on hot coals without preheating and his reunion with the MotoGP field did not lower the temperature. On the contrary, with picks coming from the Ducati camp, even if, as he recalls, he is never cited by the slayers who chose the course of qualifying as an angle of attack...
Furthermore, Marc Marquez is not at ease in this Grand Prix where he knows the pangs of the fall. With her GP23, he marks time in the face of GP24, not failing to recall the fact of not being able to benefit from the latest innovations that the Ducati official installs. Which leads him, little by little, to distance himself from the best in the race: “ Ducati starts and improves throughout the season. This is the game changer. There are three or four drivers who go faster than me ". And they are in GP24.
The future official is also reminded Ducati the words spoken by Pecco Bagnaia regarding the progress of the qualifications. The Italian was very critical of the drivers who tried to follow him during the Q2 - among which Marquez -, qualifying as “ ridiculous " approach.
Marc Marquez: “ Pecco Bagnaia did not say my name, I did not feel targeted »
On this situation, he replied: “ he didn't say my name, I didn't feel targeted ". Then he elaborated: “ I would have liked to be in Bagnaia's situation and for them to follow in my wake. This means you are the fastest. For me, it's the bike that makes the difference, and those who lack something, well, they look for the wheel to get a little more, that little advantage that the wake or a wheel can give you ».
He insists : " for me it's part of the show and it will always be there. If they want to avoid it, they will have to go through a Superpole, but it's already there in Superbike and it's painful ». Marc Marquez ends with a counterattack: “ this is the first Grand Prix since the start of the season in which I am looking for a slipstream. If it's dangerous? If you are out of line it is not dangerous. It becomes so if you disturb another driver. For example today Marco Bezzecchi went out at turn 3 passing between me and Di Giannantonio. But if you don't bother others it's not a problem ". Clearly, this last part of the season begins with a certain tension...
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