MotoGP India: Marc Marquez: ‘Podium was a real chance’, explains Honda’s sudden speed
Third in the Saturday Sprint, Marquez was trying to keep in touch with the leading trio of Ducatis – Marco Bezzecchi, Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin - when he got out offline into Turn 1✃, then tipped over.
Rejoining 16th, Marquez recovered to 9t𝄹h at the chequered flag. But with Bagnaia crashing out and Martin suffering late-ra♓ce dehydration issues, Marquez would have been well-placed for his first rostrum since Australia 2022.
“I'm a b♔it frustrated because🗹 today the podium was a real chance,” Marquez told MotoGP.com. “It was a real chance, but with a lot of risk and it's what I did.
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“When you try but there are three riders [ahead] that are faster than you. B💜ezzecchi, Martin and Pecco. I was taking too much risk on those first laps. I went a bit wide on turn 1 and lost the front, was very close to saving it, but it was impossible.
“Then the most important thing is that I finished the﷽ race and did all the laps. The pace was to be on the podium so this mak𓆏es me happy.”
Marquez and Repsol Honda team-mate Joan Mir had been 🉐competitive all weekend, why?
“This racet🎶rack is very similar to Austin, a lot of stop and♎ go, first gear corners. We saw in Austin what Rins did. It's not exactly the same here, but it's very similar and in those kinds of [slow] corners we are struggling less.
“So let꧑'s see if 𝓰in Japan we can continue in the same way.”
Next weekend’s Motegi round might also see Marquez finally confirm his 2024 plans, after weeks of uncertainty ov﷽er whether he will see out his Honda contract or m🥀ake a sensational switch to Gresini Ducati.
For now, he’s giving no clues.
“An import🍃ant weekend in Motegi, in many aspects. But yeah, it’s the Honda home circuit, so there will be pressure there. The big boss is coming. So we will try to do our best on the race track.”
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Mir finished in fift𒁏h, by far his best result of the season.
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