Honda boss’ bleak outlook: “Marc Marquez bruised and battered, obviously not happy”
A physically compromised Marquez was 19th fastest and a fall ended his drab Friday p෴ractice at the Dutch MotoGP.
He cut a🐠 defla🥀ted and negative figure when he trudged back to his box.
Honda’s star man Marquez limped to Asse⛎n despite five crashes last weekend at the Sachsenring, a punishing period which forced him to withdraw from the grand prix and admit “I am not ready”.
His team manager Puig🅷 said about Marquez’s condition: “Obviously not happy. “Ob💝viously bruised and battered.
“Not in his best physical condition. He’s had a💜 lot of impacts, he crashed a lot in Germany.
“There is not one rider in th🎶e planet ꦅwho is happy crashing.
“He understands clearlᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚy that the bike is not performing how he needs.
“On the other hand, he’ℱs a champion and he’s pushing. That’s why he is crashing.
“He never gives up, he never accepts it.
“Now, it’s a time where it’s bec🌼oming quite serious. He must 🌱take it easy.
“Here in 📖Assen he is affected by the ribs and the ankle, so we’ll see how he does.
“Ove🃏rall, weಌ understand he is not happy. We respect him.”
The six-time MotoGP champion’s future at Honda will remain unꦚder the microscope while his bike remains below-par.
"If I’m here it’🥃s because my compromise with Honda is the maximum,” he saidꦗ at Assen.
“I want to work with them to improve the future and to imp🔯rove our projec꧒t.
"I’m he𓆏re to work with them. At the moment, Of course I’m here to work with them and as I say, working with them mean♓s next year’s project.
"This 🌟year will not change life ♐too much. The compromise is maximum."
James was a sports journalist at ꧅Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to 𝓡F1.
