Marc Marquez: "There must be a way, at least on my part"

This Friday in Portimao, Marc Márquez and Pol Espargaró signed their first one-two in free practice under the new Honda RC213v concept where, in order to finally find the rear grip, a real revolution was made with a new chassis, a new engine, a new aerodynamics, new fairings, new exhaust, as well as a new seat and a new tail. They usually change the balance of the bike to put more weight on the rear.

But with the passing of the Grand Prix, Marc Márquez did not become comfortable with the new concept. And in his remarks, a new phase of similar life is starting to emerge in the Repsol Honda box based on their different driving styles, Pol Espargaró doesn’t want to touch his current prototype and his return to Austin after his brief loss, Marc Márquez that he began to clarify that on this bike, do not understand, that the problem has already been identified and Honda is already doing it.

“Throughout the preseason and in the early races, all the Honda riders complained, some more and others less, about some kind of problem, and when you come to a circuit you’re great. in (Austin), things come out easily, the weak points are easier to identify and so everything confirmed from the first races is quickly identified.Some changes have been made to improve in that direction and they helped, but it is true that you have to go with caution.We believe that a path needs to be taken, at least on my part, but it needs to be tested in other circuits, because it is here in Portimao, because it is next in Jerez.Although here this weekend almost nothing will be tested at the set-up level, but in Jerez, either at the grand prix or in the next training sessions, we will continue in that direction to try to drip y to improve, “Marc Marquez explained Saturday.

If you see an improvement in the current bike in wet conditions like this Friday: “Although at the speed level the other Honda is also fast, it’s also not safe, and I think this one is as fast in wet conditions, but more The truth is it has greatly improved.Confidence is much better in the rear and it has helped me.It will help to ride the water for the future, but every circuit is different, even from morning to afternoon is different the sensations. As a former pilot told me, in the water you go as far as you can and you have to try to adapt to the conditions “.

The rain also helped him maintain his physique: “Obviously Austin is a very physical circuit and I came in poor condition, without much training and, moreover, to avoid myself I was pretty much not attacking. , so as not to run.out of energy on Sunday Here I come more prepared and I think I can now have a normal weekend.A day on the water is enough for you, on the one hand, to try things out, but on a physical level for all riders in general, it’s less stressful and you’re fresher throughout the weekend ”.

Seeing yourself at the top is hurried: “Obviously yes, it’s in the water and it’s only Friday, but it’s better to be at the top than the tenth or fifteenth, far from the lead. It’s wet and if it is dry it is better high, but when in the water you understand that it is important, you understand that you are doing well, but your feet on the ground.Keep working, because you know when the sessions training is dry, that is where the drum and the tree move again, to put everything back in its place. There will appear the Quartararos, Bastianini, Bagnaia and all the drivers who have been fast in these first races. “

AAt the end of FP1 there was a ‘dejà vue’ when Marc had a problem with the start procedure rehearsal. But this time he admitted his guilt: “The output I tried, it’s my fault, I forgot to put the ‘launch control’ (exit control), it’s my fault. (Laughs). Sometimes you put a ‘holeshot’, but you forget the ‘launch control’, but then I have already put it “.