Marc Marquez on Honda: “When you fall two or three times without understanding why…”

Marquez ended the season 13th in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP standings having missed a long period t𝓡o undergo a fourth major operation on his arm.
Despite missing six races he still finished higher than any other Honda rider in a woeful season for the team. In Germany it became the first time in 40 years where they failed to score a single point in a MotoGP race.
Marquez on the 2023 bike
The six-time premier class champion criticised the 2023 p𓂃rototype after the postseason Valencia test.
He has now said: "The Honda ﷺgives you [something], but when you fall two or three times without understanding why...
“But I always ꦐtry to get the mosไt out of what I have.
"The test went well,ဣ🔯 but you always want more. There have been small evolutions, but two more steps have to be taken to have something with incentive and foundation to fight for the title, which is where we want to go.
"We suꦦffered a bit with the engine, especially at circui🅰ts like Malaysia.
“There are problems in the front axle, the way to brake to stop with less time and risk, and then the exit of the c🎶urve. I think if we improve the cornering, the exit will imp♛rove.”

Marquez on his recovery from surgery
His fourth major arm surgery was the mos🍌t serious yet, and will be the subject of a new Amazon Prime 𝔉documentary coming in February 2023. He has admitted to considering retirement amid a gruelling recovery.
But a pole position in Japan and a podium finish in Australia gives hope that Marquez can return to his brilliant best🥀.
"One arm operated on fou💝r times will not be the same one hundred perc♏ent as the other," he said.
"I still notice discomfꦉort, the over🐷load comes earlier and the races in a row cost me. But it's what it takes to make a recovery on the bike. You shoot with what you have.”
How has Marquez’s style evolved?
“♋You could see that it was totally different,” he said about his riding style post-surgery.
“Everything more controlled. In the end, I was able to fight for podiums and there was an advancement, which is the important thing🥀.”

Marquez joined at Honda by ex-Suzuki duo
Joan Mir, the 2020 MotoGP champion, will team with Marquez at Repsol Honda. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Rins will join LCR Honda. Both riders have left Suzuki, who are exiting MotoGP altogether, representing a major shake-up in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP 2023 rider line-up.
"They are both going to adapt,” Marquez said. “Both of them are tal🍸ented.
“Both Mir and Rins are fast and there were corners that made them like me o෴r faster, even. They will be two fast riders and strong scoring partners.
"A new teammate is coming, I have h♏ad many like Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo or Pol Espargaro, all champions, and now another world champion is coming. We all have to m♕ove in the same direction to go for the top positions.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering♊ everything from American sports, to football, to F1.