Marc Marquez nearly repeats iconic save but admits at Australian MotoGP: “I don’t have a lot of confidence”
Four years ago at thℱe Australian MotoGP, Marquez rescued his Hon꧋da from more than a 70 degree angle.
This time around, at the same part of the track, he fell to underline a miserable Friday practic🧜e which he ended 16th-fastest.
“I had two moments today in Turnꦆ 10. The second one? I stopped the bike,” Marquez reacted.
“I was very close𒐪 to a save like 2019. But we could𝓰n’t.
“It was a good day, not bad.
“It was what I expected. The moment in Turn 10 didn💮’t help. We were riding not well.”
Weather conc🐲erns m🦄eans the full-length grand prix will now on Saturday, and the sprint on Sunday.
“Yes, we always agree and follow what Race Direction and the chamꦰpionship want to dꦜo,” Marquez said.
The eight-tim💜e world champion will swap Hon♛da for Gresini Ducati in 2024.
His final⛄ rounds with Honda, after an 11-year rel🎀ationship, are threatening to peter out quietly.
"I didn’t have confidence and that early crash in FP1 didn’t help," he was q🎃uoted by .
"Basicall🃏y, I don’t have a lot of confidence, and there are faster corners.&✤nbsp;
“So on the fastest corners I am not pusꦿhing, I’m just cruisi🐼ng.
“I’m just pushing in the slow corners and it’s there🐭 where I am crashing, but that’s very𒉰 safe.
"It’s🌠 just the fast corners, I don’t feel [good] at the moment."
Alex Rins wasꩲ 12th on Friday, the fastest Honda, a spot usually reserved for Marquez.
"He is riding in a very different 𓂃w♔ay,” Marquez said about Rins.
“But in a good way with this Honda. But the level is quite close♐.
"I will compare just to understand, but the lap time is just one tenth [faster]. I followed someone, he followed someone else𝐆, so it’s not the way to do the lap time. On the race pace, we are similar."
