Marc Marquez reveals ‘chaos’ behind Austrian MotoGP start device mishap

Marc Marquez's Austrian MotoGP pro💞blems began before he had even left the Gresini garage...

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

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez revealed that his problems at the start of the Austrian MotoGP beg🅘an long before he had even thr♕own a leg over his GP23 and left the Gresini pits.

The eight-time world champion couldn't engage his front start device on the grid, causing him to lose ground into Turn 1. He then 🏅tangled with Fra꧑nco Morbidelli under braking and dropped to 13th.

But it was all a consequence of an unusual p♍re-race tyre issue.

The first sign of the problem came when Marquez walked iജnto the back of the Gresini garage half an♔ hour before the start and TV cameras picked up two mechanics charging past him with a front tyre.

“Today we were unlucky,”♚ said Marquez, who eventually recovered to fourth in the grand prix. “Unlucky, because 30 minutes bef🍌ore the start, when the mechanics went to check the tyre pressure, the valve was broken.

“And then, as you see in the ౠ[TV] images, 🌸they were running to Michelin to change the tyre to another rim.

“But during that procedure, that was super good and they did ⭕a very good job, the tyre temperature dropped a lot. And then that chaos created every♏thing.

“I mean, on the [warm-up] lap, I was more concentrated to put temperature in♛to the front🙈 tyre. 

"Then on the last straight, I braked and engaged well the front device - but then I braked again [to try and heat the front tyre] and it🌳 disengaged [the device]. And then I didn’t have enough speed [to engage it again on the grid].

“Without that front device, it was difficult to start well. But I was super calm on the first corner⛄ღ. 

"I said ‘OK, I will brake early to don't exaggerate and let's see’. But then I receဣived a big contact from the left side and we went wide. And from 13th place, we start step by step.”

Ride he𓆉ight devices will be banned in MotoGP from 2027.

“We will have a ban, but in ‘27. So they already did a solution, as [with] aerodynamics. But from now to ‘27, as KTM showed [with aero] this weekend, we will see many, many things,” said Marquez, before resisting calls for an🌜 early holeshot ban.

“We cannot ban a device [early] because I did a mistake. It’s the same f✤or everybody and in the past other riders have done it also.”

“It🥃’s true that now we have many things [to operate] on the bike,” he added. “When some riders arrive from Moto2 they say, ‘We have so many things to do’.

“But today, with that chaos we had wi𝔍th the front tyre, I put more attention on getting the tyre temperature꧂ up and I was less concentrated on the front device.

“I engaged it, but thinking about the front temperature, I disengaged it again by🌳 putting load and pressure to increase the temperature.ꦆ 

"It is what it is.”

Confirming he had the p෴ace to claim a podium on Sunday, Marquez said: “In Catalunya, we finished 2nd in the Sprint and 3rd in the GP, but it was 🐲one of the worst weekends for us.

“This weekend was one of the best: The feeling with the bike, the speed on the practice, on the 🌜qualifying practice, on [f✤astest in] the warm-up. But 0 points yesterday and a 4th place today.

“But the speeౠd I enjoyed a lot this weekend and is there.”

Marquez remains fourth in the world championship but is now 83 points from Francescꦗo Bagnaia and 22 behind third place Enಞea Bastianini, the rider he will replace at the factory Ducati team next season.

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