The six-time MotoGP world champion qualified on the front row for Sunday’s race at Sepang, however admitted on the time that he had no idea how he achieved this as he spent the weekend “preventing towards the bike”.
Anticipating a troublesome race, Marquez slid out of the rostrum battle early on and ended up 14.3 seconds from the win in seventh.
“Was onerous, lengthy – too lengthy,” Marquez stated of his Sepang race.
“However the factor is if you find yourself shedding positions the race is longer. Nevertheless it’s what we anticipated, as a result of yesterday [qualifying] was not regular that efficiency.
“However in a single lap you are able to do it, however in race tempo I began in a powerful method within the first two laps however instantly I noticed what I used to be shedding on the 2 important straights and the primary sector was an excessive amount of and I used to be risking an excessive amount of.
“You are able to do 4, 5 laps like that, however no extra. So, I used to be ready to search out my place, I used to be ready to do my rhythm as a result of when the riders overtake you it’s not simple to know.
“However then when [Joan] Mir and [Alex] Rins overtook me I felt in a superb tempo there.
“It’s true that they had been a bit sooner than me, but it surely’s what we count on. We took the utmost.
“It’s a circuit that the weak factors of my driving type are right here, but additionally the weak level of the bike are right here.
“However even like this we completed seventh, yesterday I stated if we end between eighth and 10th it’s our end result.”
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Crew
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
Marquez says the race was extra bodily demanding on his recovering proper shoulder than the earlier ones had been, however that this was merely a consequence of him having to struggle the bike to get the lap time from it.
“I imply, it’s a consequence,” he added.
“I really feel a gradual bike throughout the entire weekend, after which you’re pushing extra within the corners.
“When you’re pushing extra on a single lap you are able to do it. When you’re pushing extra within the race distance, you push extra the tyres.
“I used to be pushing the tyre extra, so the consequence the degradation of the tyre was increased.
“So, ultimately I had zero grip. I used to be preventing towards the bike, and I felt worse than within the different races but it surely’s not that it’s worse; it’s since you are preventing towards the bike and you’re utilizing extra power.
“So, it was an extended race, however we completed – too removed from the primary man. However a very powerful factor for me was in wintertime I used to be the slowest one in race tempo right here.
“Now I used to be the quickest one. It’s not my goal to be prime Honda, however at all times it’s a reference that we’re working in a great way.”
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