Marc Marquez He did not come to Aragon to take a walk and that was demonstrated this Friday. The man from Lleida, who acknowledged on Thursday that if the battle with Pecco Bagnaia were repeated as in 2021, he would sign that result, but that changed after having his best Friday since Austin 2021. “Not now, if it’s the race now, no”” said the man from Cervera when asked if he stood by his words and He took this second place after dominating the first two training sessions. of the Aragon Grand Prix.
“But It’s Friday, so you have to be calm, you have to have your feet on the ground.” added the eight-time world champion, who is cautious about the battle for pole. “Obviously, I predict that tomorrow everything will be much tighter.That’s why my goal is to be on that first line. From there, if I can’t be there, it would be worse to be on that second line, because otherwise you don’t have any options in the sprint or in the race, so we’re going to try to continue with the same intensity and continue riding the same way, he explained.
Marc revealed the reasons why it went so well this Friday: “Well, It went well, because I already said that I felt very good in Austria.. It wasn’t reflected in the result, but I felt very comfortable with the bike and I felt good. We changed some things that I’m discovering little by little and we’re discovering things that are ultimately better for me. From there We arrived at a favourable circuit, and in addition there were perfect conditions for my riding style.“, with this slippery track at the beginning, the uncertainty, they changed the grip of the track, the driving style…”
“The setup even changes with each releaseand this is also one of my strong points. Now, from now on, Today the record is already set“I believe the track will stabilise and this will make the times much more compact and many of us will learn much quicker,” added the Gresini rider.
Regarding his great ability to adapt to the new asphalt, Marc said: “Yes, it is one of my strong points in my riding, the ability to adapt to the conditions. I have always said, in a test where you do 500 laps, everything is equal. But I have the ability to exit and enter quickly” Immediately afterwards, the man from Lleida praised the work of the Motorland team in developing the new asphalt: “And the truth is that The whole Motorland team did a great job with the asphaltbecause it is not easy at all to make a new asphalt and make it adhere the first year, because normally the first year is always a little less good. The patches of yesterday, walking, were scary, today, with the bike, you don’t notice anything, there is the same grip as normal asphalt, and this is also one of the points in favor, and the times say it, a record of the track, and little by little tomorrow, it will go down much more.
Marquez is having fun
He 93 commented that what satisfied you the most It’s neither the lap record nor the race pace with this time, but “the feelingthe feeling I had, I was having fun, on the third exit they marked a box for me to enter and I was still out. In the first one too. I was having a good time and I said: I don’t want any messages, I’ll come when I feel like it.“.
He always said there would be opportunities to get his first win and this is one of them: “For now, yes. Obviously, for now It was the best Friday since 2021, Austin. So, well, for now, we’re doing very well. Tomorrow we’ll have to maintain the level and the others will get closer. Then, things will start to even out and we’ll have to manage all the circumstances, but yes, we have a good opportunity this weekendbut I’ve told you before and I’ll say it again, it’s only Friday, so it’s not the first time that there’s a really good Friday and then it goes bad for some reason.
As for whether he feels it is an advantage that the film was not filmed here last year, the Spaniard replied: “No, no. In the end, nobody rode and there were riders who tested other bikes here. I mean, I think in the end It’s a circuit that has always been favorable to my riding style and I’m taking advantage of it.“.
As for whether this is one of those days where you wish there wasn’t an information bar open at Ducati so they wouldn’t copy your homework, Marc Márquez made it clear that he’s not worried: “No, not because it’s different.” The 24 or 23 have a slightly different configuration and time.. And I understood that. So, It’s been a few races since I used my method, my riding style.adapt the bike to that riding style. The technician also gradually gets to know me better about what I need in each situation. And I believe they will improve more through their own talent and their own technical team than by seeing my data.
