The eight-time world champion endured a torrid first half of the 2023 marketing campaign, scoring simply 15 factors from eight rounds by which he missed races in 5 of them and crashed 14 instances.
It plunged his continued future at Honda into doubt, although he mentioned throughout the Silverstone weekend that his “intention” is to see out his present contract.
Altering his strategy this weekend, Marquez was not pushing for outcomes and was merely attempting to construct a greater base set-up on his RC213V, which resulted in his lowly 14th in qualifying and 18th within the dash.
Operating as excessive as tenth earlier than exiting the race in an “unfortunate” tangle with Ducati’s Enea Bastianini, Marquez feels his strategy has confirmed useful.
“Good, as we speak I’m completely happy,” he mentioned on Sunday. “I’m completely happy in regards to the weekend as a result of the goal was attempt to rebuild a bit the arrogance and attempt to discover the bottom.
“I rebuilt the arrogance, however to search out the bottom, we want extra races, extra race tracks, completely different conditions. However the weekend was stable, steady, additionally I managed myself.
“The strategy of the weekend was very completely different. I overlook the instances, overlook all the things.
“I used to be using with my feeling. If I didn’t really feel [good], like within the dash race, I didn’t push.
“If I felt [good] like as we speak, I pushed extra. My goal was attempt to do a weekend with out crashes from overriding.
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“In the present day’s crash was not for overriding. I used to be not using over the bounds of the bike. So, it’s the right strategy to construct the bottom.”
Explaining his Maggotts crash with Bastianini on lap 15, Marquez says he was attempting to keep away from a collision having been caught out by some rainfall.
“I crashed within the race, nevertheless it was a really unfortunate scenario that may occur in racing,” he added.
“I broke the wing on the primary lap, and this misplaced me rather a lot on acceleration and the way in which to cease the bike was very troublesome.
“However then I say ‘okay, preserve calm, I used to be using in my rhythm, nothing extra, the tempo I had within the observe – 2m01s center’.
“After which in a single level it began to rain a bit, Bastianini overtook me as a result of I didn’t need to take the chance within the rain.
“[Before] I might have taken the chance, however not as we speak. We arrived at Flip 10/11, I noticed that it was a bit extra moist and I begin to slid a bit.
“I went to the left facet to avoid wasting a crash, however Bastianini had a small second and went to the left.
“So, then I didn’t have the time to keep away from the scenario. I feel I had a small contact with him. Okay, we crashed nevertheless it’s not the sort of crash that I lose confidence.”
