The Honda manufacturing facility rider returned to MotoGP motion at Assen after withdrawing from the final spherical on the Sachsenring following 5 crashes in the course of the weekend that left him with a number of fractures.
Marquez crashed into Enea Bastianini throughout Q1 in an incident he later apologised for, and was unable to progress from his seventeenth place on the grid in Saturday’s dash race.
The consequence represented the bottom ever on-the-road ending place for the eight-time world champion, who additionally suffered a crash in Friday’s FP2 session, in his MotoGP profession to this point.
He languished nearly 20 seconds behind dash winner Marco Bezzecchi’s VR46 Ducati after simply 13 laps, having taken a delicate entrance tyre to realize most suggestions, and later defined that he was “too relaxed, not pushing”.
Reflecting on his struggles, Marquez stated solely the lengthy layoff following his arm damage sustained at Jerez in 2020 might surpass his present expertise.
“Other than the [2020] accidents, that is the worst second of my sporting profession,” he stated.
“However defeat is the straightforward possibility. And I’ll by no means select the straightforward method.
“Proper now I am driving for myself; for my engineers. Going half a second a lap slower, the issues are the identical.”
He added: “At the moment I noticed that I wasn’t in my place.”
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Group
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Marquez was categorised 18th within the Argentine GP spherical, nearly 44 seconds behind the winner Cal Crutchlow. However, aside from that being a moist race, the Honda rider was penalised with two experience by means of penalties that day: one which he served within the race and one given on the finish, including 30 seconds to his time. He additionally needed to give again a place in the course of the race.
Marquez defined on Friday that he was nonetheless experiencing ache from his Sachsenring travails, however stated that lacking the final spherical earlier than MotoGP’s summer season break could be unhelpful.
“I’m competing as a result of I then have one month and a half [off],” he stated.
“And with the sensation of Sachsenring, to be two months with out being on the bike, imagine me this isn’t one of the best for a rider.”
