Marc Marquez: “One of my best Fridays, but still a step behind”

Marc Marquez: “I felt like I was two steps behind in the last rac🐷es and now I'm one step behind”

Marc Marquez, 2024 Austrian MotoGP
Marc Marquez, 2024 Austrian MotoGP

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez turned around a messy FP1 to enjoy one of his best Fridays of the MotoGP season in Austria.

The Gresini rider, who felt he has been playing ca🌺tch-up during recent events, came into the Red Bull Ring again targeting a clean weekend.

18th on the morning ti🍎mesheets didn’t look good but Marquez's lowly position didn't represent his speed, having 'lost' much faster🥀 laps, or feeling with the bike.

Marquez duly lea💖pt up the timesheets to lead in the after🎀noon session, on his way to 4th place and direct Qualifying 2 access.

“In FP1, I was happy because the feeling was there. But there were many yellow flags, red flag, sometimes I touched the green in the r🅰un-off area and so most of the laps 💟were cancelled,” Marquez told MotoGP.com

“But in the a🍬fternoon, we started in a good way and the most important thing is that I feel much more comfortable with the base at🐻 this circuit.

“That means step-by-step I ge🌜t moreꦏ and more confidence because the feeling with the bike was better.

“It🅺 looks like we are i🎃n the top four-top five [group] and now it will be important to be in the top six in qualifying.”

He confirmed: “This was one of the best Fridays of the season. It’s true that Sachsenring was good, but unfortunatel🔴y in the afternoon I had the massive crash.

“But today was a very good Friday. I already said I needed𝓰 to approach FP1 a little bit different because in the past I’ve had some crashes that I didn't understand.

“Today we approached in a different way and also the 🌳bike setup works better, so the team did a great job.

“It’s only Friday, but💯 honestly speaking, I felt like I was two steps be💯hind the others in the last races and now I'm one step behind.

“So we need to keep working on the small details, but the last step is t♓he most difficult!”

Casting an eye over his rivals, Marquez 🔜said: “Especially Pecco was super fast. Martin also was very fast and Bastianini, he’s tenth but on racಞe pace he was fast. Also Morbidelli, it looks like he’s riding in a good way.

“So let's see. We need to try to understand if we canℱ fight with them tomorrow.”

Marquez heads i🐷nto Saturday’s Sprint race fourth i𝐆n the world championship, 13 points behind double Silverstone winner Bastianini.

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