Sepang.- The Honda rider already warned, after his spectacular performance at the Australian Grand Prix , in which he finished second and was fighting for victory until the last centimeter of the race, that things in Malaysia were going to be different and that this was a circuit in which “we will have to suffer”.
Marc Márquez’s forecasts were fulfilled barely a week later and the Honda rider could be seen starring in various track exits as he was unable to stop the bike under braking.
“I don’t know how, but the bike feels very heavy, you have to understand why I notice that inertia. On circuits where you flow, like Phillip Island , it’s less noticeable. But here we suffer more,” explained the Spanish rider this Friday at the end of the day
Despite the fact that Marc already said on Thursday that “I don’t want to talk about my arm anymore”, the truth is that the injury still conditions, at times, his position on the bike.
“My position is the same as always, but the character of this year’s bike is worse for my riding style. But it is the one we chose because for this year it was better.”
Márquez took advantage of the good track conditions during FP1 in the morning to set the third fastest time in a session led by Brad Binder and which was somewhat slow, more than 1.2 seconds from pole position in 2019.
“I’m third, but it’s not a real position; I’m having a hard time. I’m third because we’re pulling from experience,” admitted the Catalan.
In Sepang , despite not running since 2019, the teams have the data from the February test, in which Honda seemed to have hit the key, something that later was pure mirage.
“The bike is the same as the one in the test, with different aerodynamics and another swingarm,” he certified.
An RC213V that is condemning the pilots of the golden wing to a very tough year.
“This bike, when you lack grip, you can’t do anything. And that (driving without grip) is one of my strengths,” #93 closed.
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