Marc Marquez: New aero made accidents harder to save
Marquez 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:topped the 2023 MotoGP falls list despite being absent due to inꦬjury for three complete weekends and two other grand prix races, ou🎐t of the 20 rounds.
While Marque𒉰z has never been afraid to push his RC213V to its limits - as illustrated by his falls per season since joining the premier 🌼class, see below - he is also famous for being able to save numerous front-end moments.
But the eight-time world champion revealed that🍬 such recoveries became much harder afteꦇr the mid-season introduction of a larger fairing, to generate greater downforce.
"In the past, I could save those falls. Even last year. But this year, especially since we have put the new aerodynamics, I am not able to,” explained Marquez, who openly admitted to taking fewe﷽r risks after a spate of🌟 early-season injuries.
“Yes, [the performance] is a little better, it seem♌s that we are a little faster [with the bigger aero], but the bike is a little more unpredictable when you fall or not.”
Some believe the sudden change in downforce wh🦩en a bike drops during a front-end slide makes such moments h𝓡arder to recover from.
Whatever the cause, Marquez also poi🦄nted to the similar crash tally of his team-mate Joan Mir, who joined Honda from Suzuki th෴is season and finished the year second on the falls list with 24 accidents.
“Both Joan an✨d I [fell] more than normal, especia🅰lly when we tried to force the bike,” Marquez said.
Marquez felt the only way to avoid being caught out was to leave a larger safety margin, or🌠 not push as hard, which he discarded as not an option for either Repsol rider.
"If you don't force [the bike]... fine, but I think Joan has the same mentality as me. He is a world champion, is pushing on the track and a༺lways giving one hundred per cent."
It will be interesting to🐷 see if Marquez can tease the limits of his new Gresini Ducati in the same way as his earlier Honda years.
Marc Marquez – MotoGP falls per season
- 2013: 15 (world champion)
- 2014: 11 (world champion)
- 2015: 13
- 2016: 17 (world champion)
- 2017: 27 (world champion)
- 2018: 23 (world champion)
- 2019: 14 (world champion)
- 2020: 2*
- 2021: 22*
- 2022: 18*
- 2023: 29*
*Missed races due to injury.
Joan Mir – MotoGP falls per season
- 2019: 12*
- 2020: 5 (world champion)
- 2021: 8
- 2022: 11
- 2023: 24*
*Missed races due to injury.
Peter has been in the paddock💙 for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
