After a hard-fought fourth place in✤ Misano, Marc Marquez is aiming to go a few steps better at COTA, a race he’s won six out of seven times in MotoGP. 

While Marquez remains less tha🔯n fully fit, the Honda rider has continued to make strides forward whether it be at favoured tracks like Aragon (finished second) or Misano, a track much tougher on the right arm. 

Therefore♒ another big ﷽performance could and probably should be expected from Marquez, no less because the eight-time world champion is expecting to go well in Austin. 

"Yeah, I mean the approach to the weekend compared from Misano to Austin is a bit differen꧂t because normally I know I enjoy this track a loꦐt," said Marquez. 

"I will try to enjoy it a lot because if we take this season, I’🥀m suffering more than enj෴oying, but anyway, we will see. 

"It’s a tough track with the changes of direction, a lot of🐻 brake points, but luckily it’s on the left side. This will help and I’m just ready to enjoy it. If I enjoy it on the bike, the result will arrive."

With Marquez not in a championship battle, much of Honda’s attention has turned to 2022, a year that should see Marquez return to his best, but o🗹ne where the Japanese manufacturer needs to deliver a more accepting and smooth🌳er motorcycle across its four riders. 

Their first 2022 prototype bike was recently rolled out at the two-day Misano test, an outing that saw both Marquez and Pol Espargaro go well at, while the changes compared to this year’s bike were some of ♌the biggest Marquez has seen since joining the team. 

"As you see in Misano we triꦿed the 2022 prototype and it was a big difference, one of the biggest differences since I joined Honda," 💙added Marquez. 

"They are wo𓄧rking very hard and it was very interesting. We improved our weak points. Of course, when you improve the weak points a🐻rrives another problem. 

"But, we already understand a bit and the comments between me and Pol were very similar.🐼 

"Both of us with the new bike were fast, so ♓the first c♏ontact was nice but we need to keep working in other circuits with less grip because the Misano circuit; the grip was unbelievable, so it was easy to be fast."