Marc Marquez explains first crash on factory Ducati in Americas GP practice
By far the fast𒁃est rider on Friday, Marc Ma♒rquez had a little hiccup when he hit the deck in FP1.
Marc Marquez admitted that there was no need❀ for him to push so early in wet conditions after recording his first crash as a factory Ducati MotoGP rider in Friday practice for the Americasꦏ Grand Prix.
Just 15 minutes into the start of the day’s running at a rain-soaked Circuit of the Americas, Marquez suffered a major highside at Turn 2 and ൲landed on the ta🧸rmac.
The Spaniard was uninjured in the incident and was able to rejoin the session on his second bike, eventually finishing third-quickest behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Morbidelli and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller.
However, it was notable as being Marquez's first crash with the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:factory Ducati team in an official session, although he did have a low-s♕peed fall during testing at Sep♛ang last month.
Speaking a𝕴fterwards, the six-time MotoGP champion took full responsibility 🎃for the incident, explaining that he didn’t have a full understanding of the track conditions when he went down at Turn 2.
[It was] my mistake because it was💫 not the time to have this kind of mistakes in FP1,” the 32-year-old told MotoGP.com.
“But with that extra motivation, with extra confidence, I didn't understand or I didn't check there was that amount of water on the racetrack and I had aqu🍬aplan🍬ing at Turn 2.
highsides at T2 after setting a new fastest lap! 🇺🇸 — MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP)Marquez enjoyed a muc🌠h better outing during the main practice session on Friday afternoon, as he revelled in mixed conditions to top the charts by seven tenths of a second.
Even then, he insisted that he didn’t give it all on his final flying lap, knowing that tak💮ing too much risk on a drying track could risk another crash.
“These were my conditions. I feel comfortable, I feel natural with those wet pa☂tches,” he said. “Every lap the race track improved a little bit, every lap I improved.
[On] the last lap♛ I did✤n't push because that was not time to make another mistake. I already had a lap time to stay in Q2 [and] that was the target. Tomorrow the target will be the front row.”
With dry weather expected for the remainder of the week, the competitive picture could well ch♏ange on Saturday as the sun sh♏ines again over COTA.
Marquez adm🐠itted that teams will have limited opportunities on Saturday morning to hone theirಞ set-ups before qualifying and the sprint later in the day.
“To♕morrow everything will be more tight and more close because today was very difficult cond🐭itions.
“The weekend will start tomorrow. It will be very difficult to understand the tyres and the set-up and all these things in only 30 minutes be☂cause we have only 30 minutes [of practice running].
“But let's see if we can understand what we need for the time attack and what we need for the sprint race.”
