Misano.- The man from Lleida, badly injured on his battered right shoulder as a result of the accumulated overexertion, managed to get into the third row with a view of the starting grid, just behind Pol Espargaró, his partner in the Repsol Honda workshop .
Márquez, who openly acknowledged that he needs to follow another driver to put together his best lap, developed a strategy in which Stefan Bradl, a tester for the brand with the golden wing and who competes this weekend as a guest, paved the way for him in the first sieve of the timed (Q1), in which he won the passage to the second.
In the final round, the Catalan crashed in the final stretch of the test, with three minutes to go and while he was chasing Pecco Bagnaia, who shortly after unquestionably claimed pole position.
“I am happy with how it went and how we have turned the situation around in a circuit where I am suffering a lot”, summed up the Spaniard, before recounting how he decided to propose the strategy that gave him the pass to Q2 .
“Following Bradl was my idea; I talked to Honda and they agreed. I have to find a life for myself, and riding behind another rider makes the bike move less, a circumstance that helps me manage my physique”, agreed #93 , who insisted that his approach every time he goes out to the track is independent of the limitations it has or the situation it goes through.
“This strategy shows that my intensity is the same as when I played the World Cup,” continued the multi-champion.
Given the discomfort caused by his arm and the difficulties posed by the current prototype, one would think that Márquez would prefer this Sunday’s race to be held in the rain.
“In the wet the sensations are not the best either. And, in the dry, being realistic, I think we should choose to finish between fifth and tenth place”, closed the HRC rider .
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