Honda rider Marquez had set a lap ok to make the highest 10 in Friday afternoon’s second observe session and thus safe a assured spot within the second a part of qualifying, however this was scrubbed for a yellow flag violation.
The lap would have been ok to get him into Q2, however the six-time MotoGP champion pushed for an additional enchancment and as an alternative ended up within the gravel at Flip 1.
Along with his greatest lap taken away, Marquez was left 14th-fastest, two spots behind team-mate Joan Mir, and going through the prospect of preventing his method out of the primary a part of qualifying on Saturday.
However the six-time champion admits that he did not realise that in actuality he did not have to push any more durable to get by way of to Q2.
“It was an excellent day, however unfortunate,” summarised Marquez. “Some days I am going into Q2 with out [having] the pace, however at present I had the pace and I used to be not in a position to be in Q2.
“With the primary tyre, I did a mistake on the primary nook and I missed the lap. I touched the inexperienced [tarmac] additionally, however I misplaced a number of tenths there.
“With the second tyre I missed the lap for a yellow flag [caused by a crash for Raul Fernandez]. Then on the final lap it was a misunderstanding for me, as a result of I by no means noticed that yellow flag.
“I assumed that my time was a 1m44.0s, after which I arrived on the final lap pondering I had to enhance on 1m44.0s, and to enhance on that’s to trip on the extra-limit.
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Crew
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“That’s the rationale I crashed, as a result of if I knew that 1m44.2s, 1m44.3s was an excellent lap [to make Q2] already, I’d have approached it differently.”
Nonetheless, Marquez concedes that Honda is at greatest the fourth-most aggressive producer at its residence observe, with European manufacturers Ducati, Aprilia and KTM monopolising the highest 10 positions on Friday between them.
“Aside from [the crash], we’re half-a-second slower than the highest guys,” stated Marquez. “The Ducatis are sooner than us, KTM are sooner than us and Aprilia is quicker than us.
“So when you put all these guys in entrance of us, we’re tenth, twelfth.”
Marquez was additionally requested to touch upon adjustments occurring behind the scenes at Honda, following the information that the marque’s technical chief Shinichi Kokobu has been moved apart.
Honda’s potential to recruit new personnel to bolster its competitiveness is assumed to have been one of many key elements in figuring out the Spanish rider’s future.
“It’s true that already in Misano I stated there have been some new faces there, new names, new folks,” stated Marquez. “We’ll see if they carry new concepts or the proper concepts.
“However another time I proceed with my phrases: I’m not the man who chooses the place, how and who must make the bike. I’m the man to guage on the race observe and provides my 100% on the race observe.”
