In his third grand prix after his fourth operation on his right arm, Marc Marquez took a step forward again and showed himself even more recovered. In the end, in Q2 of the Thai Grand Prix, the Honda rider had turned on some red helmets improving the time of the provisional pole, but a risk of a crash at the last corner prevented him from conquering the front row.
“I could have gone there anyway, but I couldn’t,” said Marquez when he was reminded of that moment in qualifying. “We did a good Q1 and also a good Q2, but I could only use a new tire, the first was used,” said the Honda rider, who kept a soft rear compound for possible use in the race tomorrow.
“The lap was going well until the last corner, the same one where I made a mistake in FP3. But we know what is happening, where we went wrong and we know how to solve the problem. For tomorrow we will try to be more consistent at that point ”, explained the Catalan.
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team
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After his return, Marquez said that his first save in a right-hander, that of the injured arm, would mark his complete recovery: “I made a save to the right, but it was the back of the bike,” he revealed as he lowered. a little expectations. “It’s the first weekend in which I get the most out of Honda, it costs a lot to do”.
“Now I’m riding as I want, you can see scares, you can see that the bike breaks down under braking, in the last year and a half I had to go very smooth, but this is not my style. Now, on the other hand, I’m starting to push harder ”, acknowledged the Honda rider. “But there are riders who are faster than us, but little by little I start to feel better”.
In view of the race, starting from the third row, no one discards Marquez from the fight: “The race will be long, there are the Ducatis and Quartararo. We have a similar pace to fight from fifth to tenth place, the Ducati with used tires are able to keep constantly on the low 31, and there they make the difference ”.
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