Marc Marquez has batted away his favorite tag for the MotoGP French Grand Prix by pointing to the actual fact he was thought of the identical at COTA and Jerez when he crashed.
Eight-time world champion Marc Marquez topped each observe classes at Le Mans on Friday, ending the day with a brand new lap file of 1m29.855s.
The manufacturing unit Ducati rider was additionally sturdy on used tyres in each classes, solidifying his place as favorite as soon as once more to battle for victory this weekend.
Nevertheless, he had urged warning following his crash whereas main in Austin and a fall whereas within the podium locations final day trip at Jerez.
“This yr lap occasions on Friday are super-fast and one other lap file [has gone],” he informed MotoGP’s official web site.
“However tomorrow I consider that if the temperature is okay, it will likely be even sooner within the qualifying observe.
“So, a very powerful factor is that the sensation is nice. However, it’s solely Friday. So, hold targeted and hold going.
“I used to be additionally the favorite in Austin, I used to be additionally the favorite in Jerez.
“So, simply I wish to hold going. It’s solely Friday. The sensation is nice, as in all of the season, I’m driving in an excellent means, I understand how to do the lap occasions.
“With the used tyre I really feel good. The final time assault of the day I used to be with the medium rear, that I used to be not unhealthy on.
“So, let’s see. The issue when all the pieces is working is selecting the perfect issues.”
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Marquez evaluates new Ducati chassis
On Friday at Le Mans, Marquez ran an up to date chassis on certainly one of his manufacturing unit Ducati’s, which was first trialled on the Jerez check.
Marquez topped FP1 on it, whereas he proved quick on it nonetheless within the second session.
He says his feeling on each chassis specs is analogous, however Ducati believes the newer one is a greater long-term wager.
“Yeah, at this time we reconfirmed a bit what we tried in Jerez as a result of the goal of that change is to not change my feeling with the bike,” he mentioned.
“I imply, the numbers and the sentiments should be the identical – and they’re the identical.
“It’s tremendous related, I used to be capable of trip with each bikes in roughly the identical lap time.
“However, the engineers consider for the longer term they will enhance a bit extra the efficiency with that new merchandise.
“Let’s see if tomorrow we’ll hold going or not; they’ll resolve, as a result of my emotions are very related.”
