Marc Marquez P3 despite crash: “I think I know why, it was my mistake…”
“I think ꦐI know why I crashed. It was my mistake," Marc Marquez says in Portimao
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez crashed his Ducati for the first time on a race weekend yet still finished Friday Practice third-fastest at the Portuguese MotoGP.
Marquez ended the morning session fastest, then finished the day in P3 after losing th♔e front of his Ducati at Turn 5.
Yet, it was all smiles after a productive 𝔉day in Portimao.
Marquez assessed his 🥃ജcrash: “We did a small change on the bike to give me more confidence.
“If you have🏅 more confidence you are able to pu🍒sh more.
“We need to go this way.
“The crash was on the last time attack.
“When I was behind somebody on a ꦰHonda I felt better. On a Ducati I feel worseꦅ.
“I try to manage it in a different way.
“I lost the rear on entry. A strange crash. I need to analꦗy🍬se.
“I think I know why I crashed. It was my mistake.
“When you do a time attack, my instinct arrives. I am used to going super-fast on the apex with a Honda. On this bike, you🧜൩ need to ride in a different way.
“The potential is in another area.
“I had shaking. I saw the speed was too fast. I tried to go🍬 in with my instinct, with a slide, but now I know that I can’t!”
Marquez had briefly gone fastest during the afternoon session, then dropped back dowꦬn to fifth.
With one run to go, he was P2, and eventually settled for P3💖 behind🐻 Enea Bastianini and Jack Miller.
He explaine🧜d his👍 wide smile in the Gresini garage: “It makes me happy that I’m enjoying it. I’m top five, six, you feel competitive. I am consistent with lap times.
“The track will i🍎mprove. I know Pecc💖o and Martin will arrive.
“Two or three riders are faster than us.
“But I’m enjoying it.”
Portimao was expected to be a major🃏 test for Marquez because he had never tested a ༒Ducati here, unlike in Qatar.
But he fed back: “Easier than Qatar. In Qatar𓆏 I ꦺstruggled more.
🦩“I was riding - you say conserva🦂tively - but it was just without confidence.
🔜“It looks 🌱conservative but when you don’t have confidence you can’t push.
“Here, the confidence is bet🍎ter. The technician Frankie Carchedi understands my rid⛎ing style better. I understand the bike better. I understand what I need on this bike to be fast.
“Thisꦺ helps with confidence and with lap times, and to be quiಞck.”
Marquez gave himself aܫn “ei🐠ght out of 10, I would say 9 without the crash” for his Friday at Portimao.
He added: “I pushed, but everybody pushed. Practice is one of the most stressful of tꦆhe wee𝕴kend.
“Because you need to work for the weekend, you can’t crash the first 🌱bike, you need to do three time attacks, be in the top 10…
“It’s super stressful on the mental side.”
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