Marc Marquez: “Not a surprise, podium super difficult”

“It was not a surprise, every time I🎃 ride here I'm struggling more than usual”

Marc Marquez, 2024 Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP
Marc Marquez, 2024 Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez has played down his chances of leaving the Gresini team with a podium finish in this weekend's Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP.

The Spaniard fought his wa🎉y from 14th on the grid to the rostrum in both of May’s Catalunya races, since which he has won four times on the Duca🐻ti.

But Marquez was only eighth quickest in Friday practice for the season finale, as the thi🍒rd-best Ducati GP23 rider behind Marco Bezzecchi (second) and brother Alex Marquez (seventh).

“It was not a surprise, every time I ride here i🐭n Circuit de Catalunya, I'm struggling more than usual” Marquez said. “Now I h🐼ave extra work, to try to improve, to try to feel better.

“The only positive thinꦕg today is that we are in Q2 and that we improved from FP1 to Practi☂ce. So let's see if tomorrow we can do another step.

“The target will be trying to be close to the top five positions becaus🔥e this GP the podium will be super difficult.”

Marquez revealed that he seems to be sufferin🔯g more than most in the cooler temperatures.

“It was a very strange condition,”ꦆ he said. “It's the same for everybody bu𓃲t on my personal side, I feel much worse than in May.

“It was difficult to understand where is the limit. ꦗYou can lose the front super quick. If you push too much the tyres, you destroy it because the cold temperature.

“So everything is tricky. But we have a lot of tyre options.🦩 Michelin did a good jobও and let's see which one is the best for the races.

“But in terms o🧜f pace, as happened in the last GP here, I'm not super far. When the tyre drops, I feel better than when the tyre is new.”

Marquez is one point ahead of Enea Bastianini in the battle for third in the world championship. The Italian also struggled on Friday, finishing in t꧅enth.

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