Japanese MotoGP: Marc Marquez was “as we know”, says Santi Hernandez, who explains latest Honda experiments
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez overtook 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira in the closing stages at Motegi to secure fourth place, a herculean effort given it was just his second race back after missing much of the seas🍎on due to his fourth (and most serious) arm surgery.
The eight-time world champio🤪n had started ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚon pole position after an electric Saturday.
“We are so🍷 happy,” said his chief engineer Hernandez to BT Sport. “For so long he didn’t race.
“It was difficult fo🐭r his condition, especially here because there is a lot of braking.
“At Aragon we did not know about his condition.
“We said before the race that finishing in the top six would be amazing. But then he was fighting with Oliveira - he was Marc ꦅas we know, passing on the last lap!
“For a long time w♍e haven’t seen Mﷺarc pass like that.”
Marquez remains the best-performing Honda rider of a disappointing 2022 season despite missing eight races to undergo surgery, and now return to the track at less than 100🐭 percent fitness.
His comeback could be key to the team’s learning to🐷 improve their chances for next season, Hernandez believes.
“He is complaining the same as the other Honda riders. Going into the corner with the brakes, still we don’t have confiden🌳ce. You carry too much speed and go wide.
꧑“It seems like Marc, with his riding style, he can manage better.
“But 💟his complaints are the same as ⛦the other riders.
“Like always, Marc adapts to all conditions. Even in the past when he was at 100 percent physical conditi꧟on, our bike was not great, but he had extra.”
Marquez’s fitness will be tested by a quick tu🌳rnaround - MotoGP heads to Thai♓land next weekend but his target is not to win the race.
“Like Marc said, this is like training or a test,” Hernan𒉰dez said. “We are thinking about getting kilometres into his body, and about the bike.
“We are not thinking about: ‘The ✤next race we will win’.
“We will struggle in Thailand because there is a long corner where the bike needs to turn which is ou🐲r weak poi🌞nt.
“The target is to get information, try to understand what happened this year, be ready for next year, and get mor☂e kilometres into Marc.
“It is different with a top rider. It is very important to have a rider like Marc. All manuf🗹acturers would like to have a Marc!”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything♕ from American sports, to fo♓otball, to F1.
