The Spaniard will start 13th this Sunday, after being eliminated in the first sieve of the timed session by a hair in favor of Pol Espargaró, his neighbor in the Repsol team workshop, for whom he served as a reference in his last fast lap attempt. Márquez, in turn, clung to Jack Miller, with whom he had just joked the previous afternoon, when he met him at the Mobile Clinic , during their recovery session.
Asked about the boost that these hypothetical concessions that would be granted to Honda with a view to 2022 would mean, the one from Cervera (Lleida) prefers not to think about it because he is convinced that either he or any other rider from the manufacturer of the golden wing, it will be uploaded to the drawer sooner or later, a circumstance that would deactivate that benefit.
“I hope I won’t have any concessions, because that will mean that we have been able to reach the podium. I honestly don’t think we will, because I think we’ll get a podium finish before the end of the year,” Marquez replied to Motorsport.com’s question. “If we get to the last races in that situation, then we’ll talk about it,” added the Catalan, less annoyed than one might expect for not having managed to sneak into Q2.
“I’m not disappointed that I didn’t get through to Q2, because the starting position wouldn’t have changed much. Miller, yesterday, at the Mobile Clinic , asked me for money to give me slipstream”, joked the #93 , focused like the rest of his brand partners, on finding the key that allows us to understand what is due to the lack of traction of the RC213V .
“We are trying to understand why it is taking so long for us to squeeze the potential out of Michelin ‘s rear casing. We already tried it in 2019 and it went well for us”, valued Márquez, who, in this sense, does not evade his share of responsibility for the little improvement experienced by the prototype since its reappearance, in Portimao.
“I am not helping to improve the bike. I’m not very good at piloting. But it is clear that all Honda riders complain about the same thing”, settled the Lleida native.
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