Thailand MotoGP: Marc Marquez says he is “playing with the bike” and has “no pain”
The Repsol Honda rider qualified for the Thailand MotoGP in eighth - an error on the final corner, when he briefly lost the rear, cost him a potential challenge of pole-sitter 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marco Bezzecchi.
Marquez shone last week at the Japanese MotoGP, qualifying on pole then finishing fourth, after m🥀issing eight races to undergo a fourth arm operation which had threatened🍨 his career.
“I feel something more race by race, ♌this is the most important thing,” h𓆉e said after qualifying.
“My target when I came back was ‘extra limit’ and the test in Misano was ‘extra limit’. 𝕴‘Extra limit’ means the muscles are too weak but, step by step and race by race, I feel better and I control the bike better.
“[Friday] I felt better than [Satuඣrday]. And I know that on [Sunday] I will feel worse than [Saturday].
“But I know that next week I will relax and will have taken another step. This is t🍷he targꦐet.
“I have started to play with the bike, to s𝕴lide on the left corner, to shake the bike on braking points. For a long time I never did this.”
Marquez: "I did the perfect strategy"
He said ab♈out qualifying at Buriram: “I did the perfect strategy. It is difficult with only one tyre - with the first one, I did 30.5s. Then I put on a new one. But when we went out there were Ducati riders - they have the bike, they don’t need a slipstream!
“Then we started to play. I found a good lap. I came good, I ca💎me fast.
“But on the last turn there 🧜was a mistake, like in FP3.
“More or less the same mistake as Q2.
“We know what happened. Unlucky. We will fix it for [Sundayꦯ] but we couldn’t fix it ꦯfor Q2.
“With two rear꧟ tyres you ha🦩ve more possibilities.
“All weekend I was pushing in💮 front - for a long time, I ꧋was not doing this.
“In FP2 I pushed in front of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia. In FP3 I pushed in front of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Miller.
“I was pushing and doing the laps alone.
“But th♒e li🅰mit of the bike is the limit of the bike! If you want extra, I have to find a way to be faster.
“A smaller slipstream is always helpful.
“With one tyre you have only one chance. It was a good lap but 𝓡I made a mistake.🃏”
Can Marquez finish on the podium?
Marquez assessed his c൩hances at the Thailand MotoGP: “On dry, I don’t feel bad. Not to꧟ finish on the podium because we are not ready. But I am enjoying it.
“The lap times are🔜 there. I am starting to enjoy i🐈t on the bike. I don’t have pain. I am saving some small mistakes at the front.
“If it’s wet everyꦰthing is open. If it’s dry it is more useful for my physical condition.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a d꧅ecade cover💛ing everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
